Members of a dozen congregations from across the Wisconsin Conference got a chance to talk about their shared creation care work during a gathering on Saturday evening of Annual Meeting weekend.
It was a tremendous opportunity to share experiences and learnings – real “cross-pollination.”
Three of the congregations represented had used Kairos grants to further their already-established creation care ministries. Three others came to the circle wondering how to get started.
We heard about . . .
- best practices of well-established “green teams”
- ideas like fall “fix-up-the-church Sunday” events with a creation care focus
- ways that congregations are integrating their own on-site efforts, e.g., a vegetable garden, with the efforts of their wider communities, e.g. food pantries
And we heard a loud and clear longing for a similar – but larger! and longer! – gathering of Wisconsin Conference congregations . . . something like a “green team summit.” Before long we were hatching an idea for such a gathering to be held at Daycholah Center in the near future.
If you would like to help encourage such a gathering, please email John Helt.