Objective: To promote the creation of an EarthCare ministry at UCSA.
Activity: Participate with this group in affirming an earth-oriented spirituality in congregational worship, communal gatherings, and activities through the following path:
Pray ▪ Vision ▪ Inspire ▪ Learn ▪ Act ▪ Share ▪ Renew
UCSA Green Team Vision:
Spiritual
a) Prayers for Earth’s well-being
b) Meditation Experiences
c) Explore faith traditions related to earth care
such as Native American Indian, Eastern,
Mexican, Asian, etc
Educational
a) Serve as a clearing house for information
regarding the practical steps for “being green.”
b) Provide practical suggestions for earth care.
c) Host informational meeting with presentations
by a local subject expert.
Community Outreach
a) Invite other interested church communities to
participate & collaborate
b) Note that there is opportunity to make our
church better known as our activities gain
public notice
Local Activities
a) Recycling to generate income for team
b) Musical expressions
c) Park tours
d) Astronomy nights
e) Automotive tune-ups
f) Lectures & tours: CPS, Solarfest, Solid Waste
Dept, Technology Sector
g) Making “Green Things” to sell to the public
to raise funds.
Covenant of Earth Care
Our consciousness reveals that all of creation is connected as one. The story of creation reveals we are to be good stewards of the creation . As a people of faith, we commit to this stewardship through a renewed reverence for life and respect for the interdependent web of all existence. We honor our spiritual commitment to the care, support and defense of the balance between our individual needs and nature. We envision a world in which everything has intrinsic value and where all people are assured a secure and meaningful life that is ecologically responsible and sustainable. Together we can transform our individual congregational lives into acts of moral witness, discarding our harmful habits for new behaviors that respect this harmony and interconnectedness.
We declare our covenant with God to walk upon the Earthfor the greatest good of all creation .
