Green Team

As a "Creation Care Covenant Congregation*" Faith is committed to planning and implementing changes that decrease our impact on Mother Earth. We find guidance and direction in the following:

(1993) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s Social Statement: "Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice (EN) (ESP)

(2000) Earth Charter

(2019) Faith signed Lutheran's Restoring Creation (LRC)'s Covenant to Care for Creation

(2019) ELCA Churchwide assembly's endorsement of the Earth Charter

(2020) DE-MD Synod Resolution 2020-1: On Ecological Justice

(2020) Bishop Bill Gohl's video on the Ecological Justice resolution

(2021) Faith signed Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) Pledge

(2021) Lutherans Embracing the Earth Charter website launched

(2021) Plant-A-Tree campaign launched

(2021) Tree "Plant-A-Thon" & "Blessing of 12 Trees" - 2 & 3 October 2021 - watch video here

(2022) Earth Sunday & plant give-away - watch video here

(2022) DE-MD Synod Resolution 2022-4: Socially Responsible Investing

(2022) "Is Your Bank Funding the Climate Crisis?" - watch video here

(2023) Memorial Garden designed and installed

(2023) Gunpowder Valley Conservancy installed a Rain Garden and a Micro Bio-retention Installation to help mitigate the stormwater runoff from our roof, sidewalks and parking lot

(2024) Documented the impact of Deacon Laura Heller (leader of the Creation Care Ministry of the Delaware-Maryland Synod) by combining photos and videos submitted from all across Synod - watch video here

(2024) DE-MD Synod Resolution 2024-1: Reducing Greenhouse Gases

(2024) Adopted a "beach" section of the Loch Raven Reservoir, with Patricia (Patty) Mowell as Captain. Accomplished our first clean-up on 23 Nov 24: collected 14 pounds of broken glass, 10 pounds of trash & 13 pounds of recyclables and disposed of them properly

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* a sample covenant and resources for starting your own team, are here