earth care congregation Archives

Black Mountain Presbyterian Church tackles food insecurity

Posted August 29th, 2022

When Margo Smith thinks about Black Mountain Presbyterian Church’s commitment to addressing food insecurity and other community needs in western North Carolina, she is reminded of an engraving inside the church’s sanctuary.

Maryland church given ‘Cool Congregations Challenge’ award

Posted April 22nd, 2022

Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park, Maryland, has been named one of 12 national Interfaith Power & Light 2022 Cool Congregations Challenge winners receiving a runner-up award.

‘We’ve got to move Earth Day to 12 months a year’

Posted April 21st, 2022

Friday is the official day that many people will celebrate Earth Day. But being good stewards of God’s Creation is a year-round priority for members of First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, Kansas.

Native plants transform church property

Posted November 11th, 2021

Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park, Maryland, is also known as “The Church on the Hill.” Hilltop views can be lovely when the sun is out, but when it rains a large volume of runoff runs down the hill and into the storm drains. The stormwater runoff then flows into Cypress Creek and eventually into the Chesapeake Bay. While there are underground cisterns collecting water from the church’s roof, the congregation felt they could do more to lessen the environmental impact the runoff was having on the bay.

Native plants transform church property

Posted July 13th, 2021

A church planting project to protect Chesapeake Bay from stormwater runoff also turned the property into a sanctuary for birds and butterflies.

Small group leads big solar projects at Kansas church

Posted May 3rd, 2021

The numbers are kind of eye-popping. A total of 207 solar panels installed over four phases in as many years They generate 64.575 kilowatts of power 364 megawatt-hours of energy annually That offsets 70.33 tons of carbon or 1624 trees.

God’s not-so-frozen chosen

Posted April 19th, 2021

In the spirit of the Easter season, First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina has put together its first ever dancing music video. After an opening shot of the church’s Gothic Revival cathedral in the city’s historic Fischer Park District, pastors Jill Duffield, Dolly Jacobs and Neil Dunnavant are shown dancing in their robes to the music of “High Hopes” by “Panic! At the Disco.”

Theologian builds zero energy home

Posted March 12th, 2021

Presented by the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the Rev. Dr. Patricia Tull, an environmental theologian and author of “Inhabiting Eden: Christians, the Bible, and the Ecological Crisis,” led more than 50 participants through an online presentation highlighting her and her family’s journey toward building a zero energy home located in Henryville, Indiana.

Bike to Church Sunday appeals to cycling community

Posted April 30th, 2020

Fort Collins church encourages it members to bike to church because it’s good for their health and it’s good for the Earth.

Pennsylvania congregation commits to nurturing nature

Posted August 21st, 2019

From Sept. 1 to Oct. 4, Christians around the world celebrate the Season of Creation. Some pray, some do hands-on projects, some advocate. It’s powerfully good work that’s urgently needed