Eco-Congregation

TrinityChurch is working towards achieving ‘The Eco Congregation Award’

The independently-assessed Eco-Congregation Award is designed to affirm good practice in environmental stewardship and help churches witness to the importance of caring for God’s creation.   It is an ecumenical programme helping churches make the link between environmental issues and Christian faith, and to respond in practical action in the church, in the lives of individuals, and in the local and global community.

Eco Congregation encourages us to think about being environmentally friendly and raising awareness of living sustainably across the whole church community –

• in our worship and teaching,
• hospitality and catering,
• quest groups,
• youth work,
• finance and premises management and our dealings with everyone who uses our building
• and in our mission, reaching out to the local and global community.

We start by taking stock of our ‘green’ credentials, thus establishing a baseline to improve upon.     We assess what green strategies we already adopt and Eco Congregation resources make suggestions about what more we can do and encourages us to compare ourselves with other churches involved in the award and to share ideas and practice.

A small Eco Group is being formed to oversee and encourage us all as we build upon our existing environmentally friendly strategies so that step by step being ‘green’ becomes second nature in all areas of church life.     When we are ready an independent assessor will take a look at our actions and hopefully we shall be presented with the Eco Congregation Award.

If you would like to find out more or join with us on the Eco Group then please contact the Mission Committee who will be happy to let you know more about the Award or have a look at their website www.ecocongregation.org