Below is the information about an upcoming Environmental Justice workshop at Pilgrim Firs April 20-22. Please consider joining us for what promises to be an informative and inspiring weekend. Please share it with others.
Anyone with questions or wishing to register can contact me at meighan.pritchard@gmail.com or at 206-370-4142.
Downloadable flyer about this event.
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The second annual community interfaith celebration of Earth Day, sponsored by InterFaith Works of Thurston County, will take place this year at TUCO. The theme, Tress of Life, will be developed in a number of ways. A Youth Art Project has been held, and original art work is on display in the Fireside Room. Check it out. During the April 22 celebration, there will be ...
Be a part of something green and join our “BBC” challenge! Bike, Bus or Carpool to church on Earth Day, April 22, and through the month of May, too, for those interested in living out our commitment to honoring God’s Creation by reducing our carbon footprint. You’ll get to mark your participation each week on a big tally sheet in the narthex.
To help you connect with fellow congregants who are also interested in carpooling/riding together, TNSCC is hosting a Meet ...
Read more...The BBC Challenge is a friendly challenge to see how well we can work as church to curb our own carbon emissions for the Sundays from Earth Day through the month of May. (The month of May also marks the 25th anniversary of the Thurston County Bicycle Commuter Contest, and participants in that event will be able to count there energy saving accomplishments in both venues.)
Starting in mid-April, members of The Natural Sciences and Continuing Creation ministry will be hosting ...
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We invite you to renew your commitment to reducing your carbon footprint by joining us in the 2012 Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast. We think you will find it engaging, informative and transformational.
From Ash Wednesday through Easter, you will receive daily e-mails with carbon reducing suggestions for you and your church or group. You will discover suggestions that are new to you, others you may have forgotten, as well ...
Read more...The Theology, Natural Sciences and Continuing Creation (TNSCC ) Ministry members have continued the discussion of how we can move The United Churches of Olympia toward being a greener congregation. Some of us, who have been part of the Church for some time, remembered “green events” from past years. We thought it would be fun to re-visit some of them.
A spring bulb planting day and a bike/bus/walk to Church Sunday are on our list. Do you remember “green happenings” that ...
Read more...The Theology, Natural Sciences, and Continuing Creation (TNSCC) ministry helps the congregation gain a greater understanding of the relevance of scientific findings to the traditions, beliefs, and practices of persons of faith. We do this by providing information to pastors, church leaders, members, and the larger community about areas in which ecology, the natural sciences, and technological advances may have an impact on the church’s mission and lives of participants.
We are now helping make The United Churches of Olympia more ...
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