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CONGREGATIONS

MCCN VISION: 100 SHADES OF GREEN!

Congregations practice sustainability and environmental stewardship appropriate to their contexts. Each congregation appoints a liaison to MCCN to help information flow between the congregation and the network.

Start Small...See Where it Takes You

What's Happening ?

Our goal for 2010 is 100 congregations actively caring for creation in one way or another, each with a liaison in place. Right now we're up to:

32Who are they?
What are our congregations doing?

Tell us about your congregation

We're collecting stories of congregations that are engaged in creation care in one way or another. Is your congregation an example of thrifty recycling? Is someone known for courageous political action? What grew in your community garden this year? Tell us

Be the link

Are you ready to be the link between your congregation and Mennonite Creation Care Network? Sign up here to find out what a Creation Care Liaison does and become one. Be the link

Rate your congregation

We've got a score sheet that can help you and your congregation evaluate your attention to stewardship of the earth and find areas you can get excited about working on. We've also prepared a one-page discussion guide for each category.
Scoresheet ... Discussion Guide

Photo Captions

Top: First Mennonite Church, Champaign, IL, shares a community garden with neighbors from the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center.

Middle: A Canadian youth group collects compostable table waste.

Bottom: For those with eyes to see, this lowly retention pond graces its suburban location at Bally Mennonite, Bally, PA, with unexpected beauty.

 

"We acknowledge that God as Creator is owner of all things."
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Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, 1995 more

Mennonite Creation Care Network

P.O. Box 263 Wolf Lake, IN 46796
PHONE 260-799-5869
FAX 260-799-5875

Luke Gascho provides leadership for MCCN.
Contact him at 260-799-5869 or by email at lukeag@goshen.edu.

 

 
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