Empowering Your Church for Earth Care: Green Team Strategies & Implementation
Explore the comprehensive guide on initiating and maintaining an Earth Care Team within your church community. Learn valuable strategies and steps for sustainable impact in your congregation's environmental initiatives.
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Green your Church: Starting and Sustaining a Church Earth Care Team A project of Presbyterians for Earth Care Webinar hosted by Presbyterian Hunger Program
Green your Church Strategy of Presbytery Earth Care Teams Form Earth Care Teams at the presbytery level to engage and support congregations in integrating creation care into their church s Christian witness and ministry
Green your Church Guide to Greening Presbyterian Churches 1. Form an Earth Care Team of at least two people who are interested in your church becoming an Earth Care Congregation (ECC).
Green your Church How to Start and Sustain an Earth Care Team at your Church 1. Form a Congregational Earth Care Team 2. Meet as a Congregational Earth Care Team 3. Schedule Activities and Events 4. Evaluate your efforts 5. Publicize your accomplishments
Green your Church I. Form a Congregational Earth Care Team 1. Identify people and contact 2. Discuss your idea with clergy and staff 3. Get your core group together 4. Draft a description and a mission statement 5. Set a date, time, location for a meeting 6. Invite others (clergy, session, committee)
Green your Church II. Meet as a Congregational Earth Care Team 1. Describe the purpose 2. Mission statement, Goal, Name 3. Brainstorm possible projects 4. Establish communication, internal & external 5. Schedule next meeting
Green your Church III. Schedule Activities and Events 1. Consider interests & energy level of team 2. Partner with a secular organization 3. Connect with other churches 4. Consult the church calendar 5. Get ideas from other churches
Green your Church IV. Evaluate your efforts once a year 1. Decide what worked and what didn t 2. Discuss if you could have done better 3. Decide to continue or do something else 4. Set some goals for the coming year 5. Share with clergy/staff and ask for feedback
Green your Church V. Publicize your accomplishments 1. Write it up (with photo) and share 2. Make a short video for virtual worship 3. Present to your session 4. Share with your presbytery and local media 5. Prepare an annual report for your church
Green your Church Send email to pec@presbyearthcare.org to contact: Dennis Testerman, PEC Moderator Jane Laping, PEC Coordinator Ann Owen, Second Presbyterian, Little Rock, AR Nancy Corson Carter, Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, NC
