WHAT IS IT?

Creation Care Churches is a project developed for the United Methodist Churches of the Wosconsin Conference to encourance each congregation to become good stewards of God’s creation. Environmental stewardship within our churches will provide leadership and prophetic models for the people of the church and the community. Through this project the church will have long term impact on safegaurding the environment for all life for the present and for all generations to come.

This is an ongoing project, which will continue into coming years.

"Creation Care Churches" is a project of the Board of Church and Society of the Wisconsin Annual Conference. It borrows from the program of the same name in the Kanses West Conference, and from "The Environmental Justice Covenant Program" of the National Council of Churches.

WHAT IS REQUIRED?

The first step is to enlist a dedicated enthusiastic environmental concerns chairperson or committee. You will need volunteers who participate because of their own commitment to the cause. The leaders should actively seek to educate themselves and others, and work to safegaurd the environment.

The second expectation for the Creation Care Churches is to complete at least one activity of each of the four environmental areas.

1. Environmental Witness – declaring in verban or written proclamation, God’s calling us to cherish, protect, and restore creation.
2. Learning and Teaching – seek opportunities for ourselfes and our children to learn more abouit the threats posed by human beings to the survival of creation, and the possibilities, of our participating in God’s redemption and justice.
3. Lifestyle – as individuals and congregation to form habits of consuming, conserving, and sharing that protect and restore the environment.
4. Community, national, and global involvement – support public efforts and policies which protect and restore the degraded earth.

• Detailed information including specific activities and available resources are suggested in the packets that will be sent to churches requesting more information.

• Each church fulfilling the requirements during the rear will be recognized by Wisconsin Annual Conference as a "Creation Care" Church, and recieve a Creation Care banner.