Creation Care
Creation Care
We believe…
Celebrating and honoring the identity of God as Creator looks like prayerful and prophetic stewardship of all creation. We also lift up God’s identity as “God with Us”. In creation we can experience both identities - appreciating the awesomeness of God in the cascading roar of an unyielding waterfall while also delighting in an intimate greeting with the loveliest little butterfly.
As a community, we believe that this stewardship begins locally, with a community of believers who press in together to hear God’s heart for creation. From there, we take action by building partnerships with those who care and advocate for creation locally, nationally, and internationally.
Past Events
National Harbor River Clean Up
On Saturday, August 5th, we partied with Potomac Riverkeepers Network to participate in a river clean up at National Harbor. We were very pleased to find very little trash in comparison to years past, meaning that change is happening in our community!
Click here to see more of that our day entailed.
Kenilworth Park Clean Up
On July 15th, our Creation Care Justice Ministry participated in #PlasticFreeJuly and picked up almost 1,000 lbs of plastic from entering into the Anacostia River.
Click here to see more photos from the clean up!
Anacostia River Clean Up
On May 20th from 9am-12pm, Grace Capital City partnered with the Anacostia RiverKeepers Network to clean the Anacostia River! We, alongside several other organizations, worked to rid the roads, banks, & river of thousands of pounds of trash and debris.
Want to join us for our next river clean up?
With All Creation 2023
Listen below to two of our sessions from the conference!
With All Creation is our two-day annual conference hosted by Grace Capital City's Creation Care Justice Ministry to mark Earth Day by celebrating CREATOR GOD! We heard from astrophysicists, justice partners in the area, leaders from our very own CCJM, and so many more. We explored a plethora of new ways to serve our neighborhoods, the nations, and next generations through creation care, and had a lot of fun along the way!
Check out our pictures here!
Film, Fun, & Brunch
The Creation Care Justice Ministry hosted a potluck brunch event on March 25th where the community gathered together to watch a Creation Care documentary, learning about current sustainability efforts and its impact on our not-so-distant future.
We were challenged to consider the resources we have access to individually to prevent climate change, soil erosion, energy depletion, and more to conserve & protect our beautiful earth.
2023 MLK Day of Service
On January 16th, we celebrated MLK Service Day by joining the Pope Branch Park Restoration Alliance and Anacostia Riverkeeper Network for a river cleanup! Grace Capital City along with hundreds of other volunteers picked up 9,609 pounds of trash in 3 hours.
Click below to see more photos from the event!
WITH ALL CREATION 2022
We gathered together to celebrate Earth Day 2022 by celebrating Creator God and the official launch of our Creation Care Ministry!
Hosted by our Justice Director, Hannah Martha Cohen Banks, and joined by our amazing panelists, Chris Barnard, Policy Director at American Conservation Coalition, John Lyon, President and Chief Executive Officer at World Hope International, and Dr. Jessica Moerman, Co-founding Pastor of Grace Capital City and Vice President of Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network.
Not able to join? Watch Dr. Jessica Moerman’s message ➡️
