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Green Activities at First Church

  • Intitiated energy audit of the church by our local utility company

  • Changed lights to CFLs around the church and encouraged their use with the congregation

  • Encouraged the church to recycle paper, cans, plastic bottles, print cartridges and batteries

  • Changed copy paper to 35% post consumer

  • Added Environmental Stewardship information to the church website

  • Initiated Earth Day Sunday Worship services

  • Movie night at church and showed An Inconvenient Truth

  • Environmental articles in the church newsletter

  • Created a list of earth-friendly Christmas ideas

  • Lenten focus on treading lightly on God's creation

  • Reduced paper by offering an email option instead of the printed weekly newsletter 
  • Created a list of where to donate re-useable items

  • Switched to organic, fair-trade coffee in the parlor on Sunday mornings

  • Initiated a weekly Caring for Creation time during the 5th grade Sunday School class (15 minutes)

  • Sold canvas reusable bags with church logo and going green slogan
 


Green Activities at First Church

  • Intitiated energy audit of the church by our local utility company

  • Changed lights to CFLs around the church and encouraged their use with the congregation

  • Encouraged the church to recycle paper, cans, plastic bottles, print cartridges and batteries

  • Changed copy paper to 35% post consumer

  • Added Environmental Stewardship information to the church website

  • Initiated Earth Day Sunday Worship services

  • Movie night at church and showed An Inconvenient Truth

  • Environmental articles in the church newsletter

  • Created a list of earth-friendly Christmas ideas

  • Lenten focus on treading lightly on God's creation

  • Reduced paper by offering an email option instead of the printed weekly newsletter 
  • Created a list of where to donate re-useable items

  • Switched to organic, fair-trade coffee in the parlor on Sunday mornings

  • Initiated a weekly Caring for Creation time during the 5th grade Sunday School class (15 minutes)

  • Sold canvas reusable bags with church logo and going green slogan
 


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