June 2023 is the perfect time to refresh your advocacy knowledge and set goals for engaging your faith community around issues that impact the planet and its peoples. Why is it such a perfect time? The Texas legislative session just ended, and in September all eyes will turn toward the 2024 elections. Faith communities [...]

Kerri Crawford, Associate Professor of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Houston Join Professor Kerri Crawford of the University of Houston to consider more deeply the interconnections between humans and our environment, through the lens of ecosystem services. As biodiversity is lost through anthropogenic changes, it is becoming increasingly clear how much we rely on the [...]

Plastic pollution now contaminates the deepest trenches in the ocean, the highest mountain peaks, and even the air we breathe. Microplastics have been found in human blood, lungs, breast milk and placentas.  Plastic has entered the food chain, killing wildlife, and causing the average person to eat tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year. [...]

Join us for a screening and discussion of The Letter, a gorgeously filmed story featuring scenes from around the world that puts a human face on climate change. The Letter tells the story of the Laudato Si’ encyclical letter by Pope Francis through the eyes of frontline leaders battling the ecological crisis across continents. A [...]

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2023 is Interconnection. Lisa Reznicek, Outdoor Education Specialist, Texas Outdoor Family Program, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Life’s Better Outside – Your Texas State Park Join Lisa Reznicek of the Texas Parks & Wildlife [...]

Photo from a past Summer Creation Education event Summer Creation Education Sundays, August 13 – 27, 9:30 a.m. Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd., Room 204 Houston, TX 77005 Calling all kids, and interested adults, to join us on Sunday mornings in August to learn about God’s Good Creation! Each program is [...]

Stories of Hope Amid Ecological Crisis – Virtual Lecture Series Tues., Aug. 15, Thurs., Aug. 17, Tues., Aug. 22, & Thurs., Aug.  24, at 6 p.m. central and Sun., Aug. 20, 2 p.m. central, online It’s easy to feel despondent with daily reports of ecological crisis in the news – from wildfires, to droughts, to [...]

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2023 is Interconnection. Robert E. Mace, Ph.D., P.G., The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University Climate-Water Interconnection: What It Is & What It Means [...]

Wednesday, September 6 – October 4, 6 p.m., online Our children's and grandchildren's generation will face a different world, one affected by climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breathtaking extinction. From this vantage point--two generations across two geological epochs facing a fundamentally changing planet--Larry Rasmussen writes to his grandchildren. As a grandfather invested in a green [...]

Interfaith group presents the Walk on Earth Gently multifaith statement Thursdays, September 7 – November 20 (except Thanksgiving), 6 p.m. central, online Scientists tell us that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. That may seem like a very high hurdle. But, it translates to only a 7%/year reduction, starting now. [...]