Celebrate Earth Care Month with Towson Presbyterian Church this April! Follow along with each day below to foster environmental stewardship in your own life. Special thanks to Carol Appleby from our Earth Care Action Team for assembling this thoughtful resource.
This year's calendar is based on the PC(USA) “Tread Lightly for Lent” calendar,
with some adaptations for TPC.
(Mar. 28 - 29)
Participate in Earth Hour by switching off all electricity at 8:30pm local time in solidarity with global efforts to secure nature and our home: www.earthhour.org.
Read (by candlelight?) Job 12:7-10. Consider what Creation might teach you today
As we think about Christ’s journey this Holy Week, take space to acknowledge that while it is easy to be overwhelmed with climate injustice, we do not travel alone.
Learn more about the sustainable palms we used in Palm Sunday worship today here.
Holy Week - (Mar. 30 - Apr. 5)
Read Matthew 6:19-21. Consider what you see as treasure and how we are entrusted with the great treasure of our shared common home, the Earth. Set aside time to plan steps of intentional care for all God’s creation over the next 30+ days.
Carry or write down every item of trash you generate today. Challenge yourself to reduce the trash you produce for the remaining days of Earth Month (April).
Download the Climate Action Now app to take meaningful climate action on your phone in just seconds or minutes.
Take time to write or call an elected official about climate change or another creation care issue. Find your elected officials: www.usa.gov/elected-officials or see the TPC Advocacy page or TPC Facebook page.
Climate change can sometimes seem over-whelming. Consider Mary Magdalene's grief while simultaneously holding onto hope. Journal about how you are holding on to hope.
Reflect on the quiet of the tomb and the stillness of waiting. Take a moment in creation as it reflects this stillness
For Easter baskets, buy Fair Trade chocolate, dried fruit, tea and coffee or small gifts made by women’s cooperatives! Fair trade helps farmers and workers around the world.
On Easter we rejoice in Christ’s resurrection. Read Psalm 96:11-12 and reflect on one way you see the Earth rejoicing.
(Apr. 13–19)
Learn more about the One Billion for Peace Pledge by Bioearth adopted by the 226th General Assembly of the PC(USA) linked here.
Learn more about some critiques of AI use in the church (including impacts on energy, water, land): Sojourners Magazine
Learn about search engine options that don’t use AI - link
This is the last day of the 2026 Maryland legislative session. Did the environmental bills you advocated for pass this year, get farther along in the legislative process, or get shelved until next year? To find out more about a particular bill, click here!
Pray: God of Enough, remind those of us who have taken more than we need to, that enough is more than enough. And let that remembering drive us to continue to fight for change in this world. Amen
Celebrate the animal kingdom by watching this video and consider attending Camp BeeTree this summer (whose theme “God’s Amazing Creatures” celebrates animals in the Bible) or the TPC Blessing of the Pets held each October. (Picture below)
Read Isaiah 42:5. Spend 3 minutes reflecting on the breath that fills your lungs and say a prayer for all those living in situations where clean air is not afforded to them.
Explore your carbon footprint and get personal tips on how to make smarter climate choices here!
Come for Earth Sunday worship, stay to help with Blue Jean Sunday (clean-up tasks inside and outside of TPC, including the grounds and the Intergenerational Garden).
Registration to come soon, so check back later!
(Apr. 20–26)
Pray: God of all time and places, in the rising and setting of the sun and the cycles of tides, in the growth of wildflowers, may we remember the goodness of God. Amen.
Challenge yourself to drink only water today. It takes 600 cups of water to produce a single cup of coffee, and 125 cups of water to produce a cup of tea.
Use the online map at to find the PC-USA Earth Care Congregations (including TPC) and say a prayer for them on this special day.
Time your shower today and challenge yourself to decrease the time by 40% for the next shower time.
Watch this Ted Talk to learn more about the relationship between climate justice and racial justice: Share it with 2 friends.
Take a walk in your neighborhood and pick up as many pieces of litter as you can and challenge five friends to do the same.
Read and Reflect on Psalm 118:1-2; 24-25.
For further learning and action
· Become a member of the grassroots organization Presbyterians for Earth Care.
· Read our blog, Eco-Justice Journey.
· Download Earth Day Sunday materials.
· Stay up to date on public policy concerns through the Office of Public Witness.
· Support tree-planting, carbon sequestration, and climate-friendly projects to help curb the impacts of climate change.
· Read about the PC(USA) at the United Nations’s COP30.
· Support the sustainable living work of the Presbyterian Hunger Program through gifts to the Hunger Fund H999999.
Please visit pcusa.org/hunger to learn more about ongoing opportunities for simple living, environmental justice, alleviating poverty and eliminating root causes of hunger.