- Meets: Monthly on the 3rd Sunday at 12:00PM in Library or Green Room
- Contact: Elizabeth L Keathley, elkeathl@uncg.edu or Don Johnson, weddjohnson@msn.com
Greening Parish is an ecumenical movement that seeks to take seriously the care of God’s creation and express that care in liturgy, formation, and service, including charitable acts and public advocacy. We educate ourselves, our parish, and our neighbors; forge alliances with other groups; green our own grounds with native plants, engage in political advocacy, and write relevant, informative columns for the Christ Church Weekly.
The team does not meet during the summer months.
Recent Greening Articles
- God is Good
During the Lenten season we focus especially on confession and repentance, including repentance for evil done in our name. In her book Life Abundant the ecological theologian Sallie McFague discusses who we imagine is responsible for evil, if God’s reality is good.1 She writes, “One often hears in the aftermath of [natural disasters], ‘Why did - Greening Committee Mission
“The mission of the Christ Church Greening Parish Ministry” we’ve said… “…is to become better stewards of God’s creation—its plants and animals (including human animals) and the ecosystems that sustain them. We educate ourselves, our fellow parishioners, and others about the natural world, the challenges human actions pose to nature and to vulnerable human communities, - Climate Justice/ Environmental Justice: Two Approaches
The scientific consensus is that climate change is an immediate and existential threat to life on earth, and it is driven by humans’ energy consumption, especially the burning of fossil fuels. Those facts should be sufficiently sobering, but AI, crypto currencies, and other digital tools/entertainments magnify already voracious demands for energy even as global temperatures - “Attracting Native Bees to your Garden Oasis” with Laurie Swan
A Christ Church Greening Parish Ministry Event for the Season of Creation On 21 September we enjoyed and learned plenty from a presentation by Laurie Swan, PhD, DPT, Pierce County Extension Master Gardener and Certified Pollinator Steward. Laurie had promised that we would learn to discern between Washington State native bees and other insects, and - Laudato Si
As we bid farewell to our glorious summer season and head into autumn, our thoughts may turn to preparing for darker and colder days ahead. How are we to responsibly save enough of our resources for the proverbial “rainy days” ahead while staying true to our Christian values of sharing with others—even with strangers—all while
