Provide opportunities for meditation, prayer, and reflection in outdoor spaces regularly

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Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:

  • Make contemplative hikes/outdoor experiences a habitual part of your creation care ministry. 
  • Host regular worship services/experiences outside. 
  • Include creation-centered meditations or reflections regularly in your faith community programming and worship experience. 
  • Make sure that children’s activities include time outside, lessons on care for the Earth, and prayers for the Earth. 
  • Include concerns for the health of creation in your worship/prayer requests weekly.
  • Create a labyrinth on the property for meditative walking (consider using pollinator-friendly, native plants in the design).
  • Host an Earth Day Vigil–call people into a deeper relationship with creation and offer gratitude for all the life systems that support humans and non-human animals. 
  • Engage with other congregations through shared meditation or prayer practices outdoors.
    • Build relationships with others in your community by inviting them into shared space with you. 

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