Caring for Creation Program

Juana Torres, forests campaign staff member seen here at Switzer Falls in the Angeles National Forest helps to coordinate the Caring for Creation program.

The new “Caring for Creation” (downloadable PDF) program introduces people of faith to the national forests through presentations, meditative walks and hikes and service projects in an effort to protect our local mountains and help people of faith further their spiritual journeys. The program focuses on the many spiritual and intrinsic values that wilderness areas offer.

Campaign staffer and long-time Catholic youth-group leader Juana Torres is working with faith organizations to bring in new voices, perspectives and ideas on how to care for our forests through the following ways:

Presentations to church groups and ministries that include a slideshow of scenic local forest pictures and scriptures that talk about creation and the duty of people of faith to protect their natural legacy.

Roberto Corona, Associate Pastor at Mt. Carmel waters young trees during a service project.

Restoration, service and volunteer projects like planting trees, restoring trails or helping to survey animals are great ways of aligning belief with action. The campaign can connect interested people to these opportunities both within and outside of the Sierra Club.

Open to all people of faith, some current participants include the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese and Progressive Christians Uniting.

For more information contact Juana Torres at juana.torres@sierraclub.org. To view our brochure, click here.

Church of the Epiphany from East Los Angeles at Mt. Vetter in the Angeles National Forest.

Members of Progressive Christians Uniting in San Gabriel Mountains.

The National Religious Partnership for the Environment

Earth Ministry: Connecting People with Creation

Eco-Justice Ministries

 

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