Creation Care
We encourage responsible stewardship of the environment, promoting sustainable practices that care for all of God's creation.
At Tenth Church, we believe that being "with God and for others" extends to all of creation. Jesus calls us not only to care for our relationships with God and others but also to steward the earth, which He created and entrusted to us (Genesis 1:26-31; Colossians 1:15-20; Romans 8:19-23).
This means we seek to participate with Jesus in the restoration and care of creation. We are called to adopt a posture of humility, responsibility, and action as we care for the world around us—both in our local environments and globally—knowing that this is part of God’s redemptive plan for all things.
The biblical mandate for creation care continually opens our eyes to the ways we can live more sustainably and address environmental challenges like climate change, pollution, and resource depletion, which affect all people, especially the most vulnerable.
Join us here at Tenth as we journey together to become more aware, educated, and equipped to care for creation and work toward a future where all of God’s creation flourishes.
Learn
- Download the free book Field Notes: Earthkeeping as Mission
- Download the free devotional Good Seed Sunday
- Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard by Loren and Ruth Wilkinson
- Saving Us by Katherine Hayhoe
- Planted by Leah Kostamo
Watch
- Making Peace with Creation
- Video series on Christianity and Climate Change
- Recording of Regent College’s Conference on Creation Care
- Video for Kids and Climate Change
- Video of What One Person Can Do
- TED talk with a Christian Climate Scientist
Act
- BYOC (bring your own cup/mug) to church to reduce the number of trees used to make cups
- Go on a field trip to A Rocha's Brooksdale Environmental Centre
- Cultivate a healthy area for insects in your garden
- Sign up for A Rocha's Community Shared Agriculture program and receive the freshest, healthiest, in-season produce weekly
- Offset your carbon emission travel miles through a donation—we recommend Climate Stewards, which partners with A Rocha's work in Ghana and Uganda
- Reduce single-use plastic outside and inside your home by bringing grocery bags, containers, cutlery, and by using biodegradable cleaning cloths and sponges
- Recycle packaging and other items at your local Zero Waste Center.