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An Exciting Program to Watch by Bill Moyers of PBS

Faith and Environment in the Media,
"Is God Green?"
 

Only suitable to watch if you have a high speed Internet connection (anything faster than dialup).   View the program about how two Evangelical churches changed their attitudes about their environment at: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/green/
 

 
 

About the Work of the Committee

Interfaith Alliance Indianapolis (IAI) founded in 1997 and its Care for Creation Committee, founded in 2005, are actively reaching out in our area, to congregations and people of all faiths, to urge them to address the issue of caring for the gifts from our Creattor.

Terms to describe this worldwide, Bible-based effort include: Creation Care, Care for Creation, Green Ministry, Eco- or Environmental Justice and so on.   To help bring this about, we offer a range of resources.   These include:

  
 

  • Advice on getting started and moving forward

  • Networking opportunities

  • Printed and audio visual resources

  • Speakers and group discussion leaders

  • Energy and resource saving advice that save money too

How To Make Yours A Creation Care Congregation

A Creation Care Congregation is one that is working to weave environmental stewardship into all that it does.

In many congregations, certain individual members see the need and take personal responsibility for certain "green" actions.   While this is praiseworthy, if and when that person is not available, those actions usually end.

In a congregation that sees the Biblical, moral and economic basis for embracing environmental stewardship, these "green" actions are institutionalized and viewed as the responsibility of the congregation as a whole.   In other words, these "green" actions reflect the congregation's religious values and are seen as "just the way we do things around here".

Ways to Become a Creation Care Congregation

There are numerous aspects to the operation and function of any religious organization.   The list of those aspects below may be helpful in understanding where you might devote attention.   By no means must you tackle them all at once.   In fact, you will be well on your way if you begin with one or two of them.   In time, more details and information will be provided on this Website.

  1. Buildings   (heating, cooling, ventilating, lighting, water, trash, etc.)
  2. Grounds   (grounds maintenance, landscaping, outdoor lighting, etc.)
  3. Programs
    4.   (seasonal & religious, community, special, etc.)
  4. Policies
    5.   (employee, purchasing, operating & maintenance, etc)
  5. Adult Education
    6.   (Bible study, mens/womens groups, special projects, etc.)
  6. Youth Education
    7.   (Sunday School, projects, programs, etc.)
  7. Clergy Statements
    8.   (sermons, discussion groups, verse/hymn selections, etc.)
  8. Clergy Outreach to the Faith Community
    9.   (same faith, ecumenical, interfaith)
  9. Congregation Outreach to the Faith Community
    10.   (same faith, ecumenical, interfaith)
  10. Congregation Outreach to the Secular Community
    11.   (neighborhood, media, elected officials, etc)

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