How can your congregation be a role model to the rest of the world?
Making changes to the existing building in addition with teaching good stewardship that your members can transfer to their homes and workplaces. Here are examples of how we can do our part.
- This is a really great tool and starting point if you are just beginning to investigate about becoming a green community. Even if you have ongoing questions or need more well rounded resources. This is the place to start.
Download a Congregations guidebook, stewardship mini posters or an energy stewardship action list. Browse their technical support or their ‘How-to’ guide for analyzing and upgrading your facility. It’s a multitude of wonderful hands-on resources.
The Regeneration Project and the InterfaithPower and Light campaign
- The San Francisco based interfaith ministry is devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith.
Their efforts began in 1998 at the Grace Cathedral as a unique coalition of Episcopal churches came together to purchase renewable energy. Their cause encompasses 26 states with over 4000 congregations. You will find many opportunities to share the news on creation care and to get involved no matter where you live.
Their president, The Rev. Sally Bingham, was installed Canon for Environmental Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of California in January 2008.
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
- A St. Louis based organization that ignites and fuels a movement of spiritual transformation by meeting Christ in our sisters and brothers in extreme poverty. The temporary structure for their movement are the Millennium Development Goals.
These MDG’s are eight goals agreed to in 2000 by 189 heads of state and governments that address poverty, education, equality, environmental sustainability, child mortality, maternal health, fighting diseases and the creation of global partnership.
Evangelical Environmental Network
- The EEN is a non profit organization that tries to educate, inspire, and mobilize Christians to care for God’s creation.
With their main office in Georgia, EEN publishes a quarterly journal that you can sign up for through the internet. In their lesson resource suggestions, youth ministry for example helps teens through studies of how to change the world with 15 lessons on creation care.
Presbyterians For Restoring Creation
- PRC is a nationwide network of people of faith who care for God’s creation. Since 1990 the policy report Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice calls Presbyterians to focus on caring for creation as a central concern.
PRC has hosted four national conferences for eco-justice training, education, networking and spiritual renewal. It produces quarterly newsletters and presents annual awards to honor individuals and groups for ‘restoring creation’ work.