Earth Care Certification

Congratulations on your recertification as an Earth Care Congregation!  The steps your congregation has taken to care for God’s earth are inspiring!  Please accept this letter and certificate affirming your status as an Earth Care Congregation until February 2027.
 
As an Earth Care Congregation, you may use the attached Earth Care Congregations seal to promote your commitment to earth care on your website, the church newsletter, t-shirts, etc., until the date that the certification expires.  If you need a higher resolution version for printing, please let me know, we have them and are happy to share but they often get hung up with multiple attachments.
 
A press release has been attached for your church to send to local media if you would like to publicize your Earth Care Congregation certification.  Your church can fill in contact information before sending it to local media.  We will have also notified your presbytery of your certification as an Earth Care Congregation by the end of the week.
 
You can see a map of all the 2026 Earth Care Congregations here: https://tinyurl.com/pcusaeccmap.
 
You might also find this short video about the ECC program helpful to celebrate or announce your congregation’s certification: https://vimeo.com/1056449517?share=copy#t=0.
 
If you didn’t haven’t seen it already your congregation may also be interested in the study Let Justice Roll Down: God’s Call to Care For Neighbors and All Creation which you can find it online at https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/product/let-justice-roll-down-english-edition/
 
The Earth Care Congregation program is housed under the Presbyterian Hunger Program, and we believe that hunger, poverty, and environmental destruction are linked areas of concern, constantly interacting with, and impacting one another. Please know that we are all here to help churches along their earth care journey.  Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.  Also, if you would ever like to share a story about earth care from your congregation, let us know!
 
The next application cycle will be January 1 – February 15, 2027.  We will certify/recertify all congregations who meet the criteria and submit applications during those 6 weeks. Thank you for your commitment to caring for God’s earth.  I look forward to working with your church in the coming year.
 
Peace,

Jessica Maudlin (she/her - Why pronouns?)
Associate for Sustainable Living and Earth Care Concerns,
Presbyterian Hunger Program, Interim Unified Agency
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Phone: 502-569-5626 ~ 888-728-7228 x 5626
jessica.maudlin@pcusa.org