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10 Steps Any Church Can Take
- Preach a “Creation Care” sermon series. For sermon ideas and outlines, click here.
- Adopt a formal church position statement on creation care. The statement could empower the church to become more energy efficient and to incorporate principles of environmental stewardship into Christian discipleship.
- Create a creation care small group to study environmental stewardship and provide leadership.
You will likely have several members in your congregation who are already interested and passionate about environmental issues.
- Do a church energy audit. Your state or local government energy or weatherization office may help you identify a local company or organization that performs audits. They may also have information on how to do
your own audit.
- Where possible, switch to high efficiency fluorescent lighting. Fluorescent bulbs use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer.
- Start a recycling program. Check with your municipality to find out what kind of materials are recycled in your area. Set up collection bins at your church to increase recycling.
- Reduce use of paper bulletins. Provide an option for eBulletins via web or email.
- Adopt a local park. Participate in litter pickup, planting or tending flowers, raking and other tasks to enhance your park. Contact your city or local government to apply.
- Distribute or sell compact fluorescent bulbs in church.
For ideas on how to involve your church, check out the ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign
- Distribute reusable shopping bags with your church logo to members of the congregation. Each year billions of bags end up as ugly litter. Eventually they break down into tiny toxic bits, polluting our soil, rivers, lakes and oceans.
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