I want to take this opportunity to catch all of you up on the “greening” of our church. As many of you know, we have spent the last eighteen months or so looking at ways we can be more environmentally friendly and at the same time identify ways to be more fiscally responsible in making our building more energy efficient. Things we have done to date:
- We joined Michigan Interfaith Power and Light-the highlight- an energy audit conducted by an organization called RETAP. They have submitted their report and your green team is beginning to decipher what recommendations fit our life at SJ. Thanks to Jon and Jim for their work on this project!
- Cloth Bag drive to benefit our green committee-we are asking the members of SJ to consider reducing the number of plastic bags used each week by carrying one or more of the great SJ cloth bags. Sales of the bags have been terrific (we only have four left out of our first order) and all the profits from the sale of the bags will go toward living into the recommendations put forth through our energy audit.
- Paper drive to benefit Fisher Elementary-thanks to everyone who has been bringing in their paper for recycling or dropping off their bulletin after worship in our paper cans. I know that at times there is an overflow but that tells me two things-that we are committed to recycling in this way and that our local school, Fisher Elementary, will be getting more school supplies because of us! We try to take the paper every other week. Thanks for Michael our confirmation student for helping me transport the paper every other week!
- Bottle/can drive to benefit the unified budget-this ministry has been a great success with over three hundred dollars collected over the last seven or eight months. Our financial goal with this project was to generate $500 to give to the unified budget of our church and we are well on our way! Thanks to Fred Ingham for being my bottle/can buddy each month!
This is just the beginning. I am proud of our church. We are one of the churches spear-heading ecological ministry in our community.
3 comments:
These are great ideas. Where did you find the bags? I would to get some for our place.
Still had to register at the end of the comment.
~Dennis
Thanks, Dennis. I am still trying to make it easier to make a comment.
The bags come from a local redford small business owner. A screen of the design is at the top of this blog. The toughest part in the beginning is remembering the bags when you go to the store!
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