Cool Congregations Workshop Registration
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There is a $10.00 fee for the workshop.
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Third Reformed Church
111 W. 13th Street, Holland, MI 49423
(Designate Cool Congregations Fund)
RSVP by Friday, March 13th
Return this form to Third Reformed Church
Confirm your participation as soon as possible by calling Third Reformed Church @ 392-1459. There are essential pre-event materials to distribute.
For More Information:
West Michigan Creation Care:
Third Reformed Church @ 616/392-1459
Solving Global Warming
One Family at a Time
Start a Cool Congregations program in your faith community
Attend a training workshop!
“CoolCongregations is a beautiful way to use yourpassion and reason to change your own life and help others change theirs in big and small ways thatmay better the health of your children's children.”
-Kate Dunning, CC participant
Cool Congregations is a program of MichiganInterfaith Power and Light.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sign-in: 8:30 – 9:00 AM
Workshop 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch
Networking: 12:00 - 12:30 PM
WHERE:
Western Theological Seminary-Semelink Hall
101 E. Thirteenth Street
Holland, MI 49423
“Creation is God’s gift to us –the gift of good land, good water, and good air –and we are placed in the garden to tend and care for the earth as God’s stewards,as Earthkeepers.”
-Rev. Charles Morris, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Training Workshop Description
People of faith across Michigan are caring for God’s creation by solving global warming in their own homes and saving money in the process. The Cool Congregations stewardship program will provide you with the tools you need to make a difference in your home, congregation, and community.
This program brings hope and renewal to your community and contributes to global poverty solutions, for the poor of the world are suffering the most from global warming.
Reclaim the whole concept of stewardship.
Be a Cool Congregation!
Participating members:
Invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy
Save money on bills
Prevent global warming pollution
Cool Congregations participants attend a series of small groups led by a trained leader to:
Measure their carbon footprint
Explore ways to reduce their footprint
Make a faith-based pledge to reduce their footprint
Meet to celebrate their successes and build community!
Learn how to conduct a Cool Congregations program in your congregation by sending a team of two or three people (or more) to a training workshop. These informative and entertaining (yes, we do have a few laughs along the way) workshops include presentations, a short coffee break, discussions, and a lunch to allow time to network and plan. During those three hours, we will address:
+What’s a Cool Congregations program?
+ABCs of global warming
+Why we care about this in our congregation: The religious response to global warming
+Measure your own carbon footprint and find ways to reduce it
+What’s Your Style: How to organize a Cool Congregations program
+Begin plans to start your own Cool Congregations program.
+The Other Side of the Meter: local, state and federal policies on energy and global warming
Training includes:
CD with 60 resources for success
Many Cool Congregations’ families are saving $100/month.
You can too!
Investing only $12 total, Ann and Barry reduced their carbon footprint by 10%.
This is how they did it:
Changed 5 light bulbs to CFLs and turned off lights when not in use
Turned AC up 2 degrees and closed off rooms not in use
Washed clothes in cold water, not hot
Line-dried 5 of the 14 loads of laundry they do each week