Earth Month 2025
We all love celebrations! EDSD congregations have found many ways to celebrate Earth Month; some of the most popular were through Creation Care Sunday services or outdoor activities.
Sacred Trails, in 2024, offered different walks at different locations, times of day, and degrees of difficulty. One of the Sacred Trail leaders and priest-in-charge of St Brigid’s in Oceanside, the Rev. Brian Petersen said, “Allow the created world to be our teacher as we listen for the wisdom that our local more-than-human neighbors are eager to share with us if we would only slow down and pay attention…. Through making these connections, we grow deeper in our relationship with both creation and the Creator.” He quoted the words of Senegalese environmentalist Baba Dioum : “in the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.”
This Earth Month, the celebration continues! Join congregations throughout our diocese in honoring creation through prayer, education, and action. Here are some liturgical resources and a current schedule of events around the diocese.
April 19 from 9 – 1 pm, Gardening at Project New Village, Chollas View
Join volunteers from EDSD congregations and the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice by Project New Village at Mount Hope Community Garden (4261 Market St.). “Project New Village envisions Southeastern San Diego as a community of active neighborhoods supporting and contributing to the health, wealth and well-being of community members.” https://projectnewvillage.org
To register: dianelopezhughes@gmail.com
April 26 Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice Tijuana Estuary Walk Co-sponsor with Sweetwater Zen & St Paul’s Cathedral
Optional 2 mile walk from 9 – 10am; Ceremony and walk from 11 – 12pm
April 26 at 2pm Sacred Songs for a Sacred Earth
St Margaret’s in Palm Desert, 47535 Hwy 74
Free Benefit Concert for Neighbors-4-Neighbors
Creation Care Sunday services
May 17 from 9 – 12pm Ocean Beach Clean Up
Resurrection Episcopal Church in Ocean Beach and the Ocean Beach Merchants Association are planning a beach clean-up day. Contact Resurrection Community Organizer Stasi McAteer for more information at stasi@resurrectionob.org.
May 18 from 9 – 3pm: E-waste collection and clothing swap
Resurrection Ocean Beach will host an e-waste collection. Bring your old electronics for proper disposal. The clothing swap will run from 1-3pm. Contact Resurrection Community Organizer Stasi McAteer for more information at stasi@resurrectionob.org.
When Earth Day is every day, celebrating creation not only invites our gratitude towards God and such wondrous works but also our responsibility to live in harmony with all living things. We are the hands and feet of Jesus Christ. Green Belt leader Wangari Maathai said, “We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!”
Until April 15 the Earth Month schedule will be updated. Please share your services or events with dianelopezhughes@gmail.com.
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