‘Love God, Love God’s World’ Curriculum
Welcome to “Love God, Love God’s World,” an Episcopal creation care curriculum rooted in love, compassion, and justice. Modeled after the church’s Sacred Ground curriculum, which focuses on faith and race, this film- and readings-based, small-group curriculum looks at many facets of environmental stewardship and justice. It is designed for people new to this topic as well as those who are active in these practices.
Each of the nine sessions listed below reflects the perspective and experiences of a different contributor. Participants are invited to share their own stories and imagine what responding to current environmental challenges could look like in their context.
Facilitator’s guide
Download this guide for “before you begin” guidance, insight on how to structure a small-group meeting, instructions for each session, acknowledgements, and more
Sessions
You will need a password from your small-group organizer to access the session materials below. If your group has not yet been registered, please register here.
Section One | What is God’s Dream?
Session One | God So Loved the World | The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
Exploring God’s love for creation and forming small-group circles through storytelling by articulating individual experiences of love and grief in relation to creation.
Session Two | Water & Our Baptismal Covenant | Canon Ashley Hubbard
Connecting the work of creation care to our baptismal covenant through water stewardship.
Session Three | A Vision for Right Relationship with the Land & Covenant with the Creator |
The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton
Participating in story-sharing from an Indigenous perspective: land; living in right-relationship with creation; and Indigenous sovereignty and stewardship.
Section Two | Truth-Telling
Session Four | We Have Not Loved Our Earth as Ourselves | The Rev. Payton Hoegh
Exploring God’s love for creation and forming small-group circles through storytelling by articulating individual experiences of love and grief in relation to creation.
Session Five | Our Health, the Earth’s Health: Environmental and Public Health | Adrienne Elliott
Truth-telling about the intersections of environmental health and public health.
Session Six | Lives in Peril: Extreme Weather and Disaster | The Rev. Richard Acosta
Migration, refugees, and climate crisis.
Section Three | Restoring the Covenant, Repairing the Earth
Session Seven | God Works with Our Broken Hearts: Grief, Repentance and Reckoning | The Rev. Payton Hoegh
Exploring climate grief, lament, and repentance.
Session Eight | A Better World is Possible: Communities Organizing for Change | The Rev. Jemonde Taylor
Imagining community organizing and impact at the parish level.
Session Nine | Resilience along the Way of Love | Adrienne Elliott and Sarah Nolan
Participating in story-sharing from an Indigenous perspective: land; living in right-relationship with creation; and Indigenous sovereignty and stewardship.
