Springing Forward: Faith-Fueled Climate Leadership with Blessed Tomorrow
As spring unfolds across Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and the Navajo Nation, a new season of climate leadership is also emerging through Blessed Tomorrow and its partners. The March 2026 newsletter highlights concrete ways faith communities can step forward—locally and nationally—with courage and hope.
Here are the key opportunities and updates you won’t want to miss:
Host the 2026 National Faith + Climate Forum — April 25
Last year, 27 Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassadors hosted in-person gatherings in 19 states for the National Faith + Climate Forum. Congregations gathered around a livestream to pray, learn, and commit to climate action together.
Now it’s our turn.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 is the next National Faith + Climate Forum. Congregations can register to host a local gathering and may receive up to $500 to support their event.
Hosting is a powerful way to embody our Lutheran call to care for creation—not as partisan politics, but as discipleship rooted in God’s love for the whole earth.
Faith + Climate Film Series Launching in April
Coming soon: “Caring for the Earth: Stories from Faith Communities.”
This new Faith + Climate Film Series includes short films designed for congregations, small groups, and youth ministries. Each film will be paired with a FREE discussion guide including scripture, prayer, and practical action steps.
This is a ready-made resource for Earth Day, adult forums, confirmation classes, and council conversations. You can already watch the trailer and prepare your congregation.
Lead Locally with Earth Day Resources
ecoAmerica’s Local Climate Action Guide offers practical tools to help leaders turn everyday conversations into visible climate leadership.
With Earth Day approaching, now is the time to plan how your congregation can witness publicly to hope, justice, and care for God’s creation. The guide helps you think beyond your walls and into your community.
National Recognition for Climate Leadership
ecoAmerica has announced the 2026 American Climate Leadership Awards semifinalists, including:
Episcopal Church of Province One
Lutherans Restoring Creation
These recognitions celebrate faith-rooted climate leadership at every scale—from neighborhood projects to national initiatives. You can view the full list and register to watch the awards broadcast on April 16 via Zoom.
Climate Ambassador Spotlight
Rev. Laurie Bayen, a Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassador, has created a Sacred Ground audio guide for more than 80 scenic locations in Northern California. The guide weaves together indigenous history, local ecosystems, restoration efforts, and climate impacts—helping listeners see land as sacred story.
It’s a powerful reminder that creation care begins with attention.
Interfaith and Partner Resources
The newsletter also includes:
A Ramadan composting webinar from the Islamic Society of North America Green Initiative
Tools from One Home One Future to build cross-faith climate resilience
Articles from The Christian Century, Religion News Service, Mother Jones, TIME, and more
As Lutherans, we confess that creation is not disposable—it is beloved. In a time of climate disruption, silence is not neutral. Faith communities are uniquely positioned to speak hope, model resilience, and organize for practical solutions.
If your congregation is discerning how to live more fully into care for creation, this month’s Blessed Tomorrow newsletter is full of actionable tools.
Read the full Blessed Tomorrow March 2026 newsletter for links, registration details, and resources.
Consider how your congregation might host, teach, watch, gather, or lead this spring.
Together, rooted in God’s story, we tend the earth God so deeply loves.
