Stewardship Stories

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Help us to spread the word about what the religious community is doing to care for God's creation. Use the form below to share with us the good news about how your congregation or organization is helping to bring about justice and healing for the earth and its people.

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STEWARDSHIP STORIES

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Mainline Protestant

A Whole Earth Church

Holladay United Church of Christ Salt Lake City, Utah Just because a congregation is "local," that doesn't mean it can't have a global vision or a global reach. With less than 400 members, Holladay United Church of Christ (HUCC) sent six members -- the largest delegation from any one congregation in the U.S. -- to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. In June 1993, the church helped to plan, host and provide...

Jewish

Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Plandome NY.

RSNS (Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore) was founded in the late 1950s by a group of different families who were looking to form a committed and caring community based on Judaism and Social Justice. They seek to serve as a model of sustainability and pave new ground for the Jewish community at large by informing, inspiring and encouraging members to act in environmentally responsible ways not only at the congregational level but on an individual level as well. The RSNS...

Evangelical

Digging Wells in Mexico

Baptist General Convention of Texas The "colonia," or neighborhood, of Anapera, Mexico, lies three miles south of El Paso, Texas. This community has 20,000 residents; they are the poorest of the poor, living without water, sanitation and healthcare. Many are hungry. The desert community is blighted by unlimited trash dumping, chemical contamination and untreated sewage, which cause serious illness and reduce the quality of life for its residents.

Catholic

Protegiendo Nuestro Futuro (Protecting Our Future) --- Pesticide Safety Education Program

National Catholic Rural Life Conference Des Moines, IA Educating farm workers in Yakima Valley, Washington ...

Mainline Protestant

Church Deemed “Greenest in America”

By Audubon International St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA When St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, CA began planning to build a new church, members wanted to strengthen their environmental stewardship and witness through the building itself. After becoming the first church ever to enroll in the Audubon International Signature Building program and meeting its standards, Audubon International dubbed St. Mark “The Greenest New Church in America” (N. Richardson, Stewardship News, Vol. 10,...