Serving: Our Community and Our World
Environmental Stewardship

All of the actions listed below will have an meaningful effect on living a sustainable life and caring for God's creation.

Prayerfully decide what you and your family can do to help in this cause.

  • Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs  - Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs. 

  • Inflate Your Tires Correctly  - Keep your tires properly inflated. 

  • Change Your Air Filter  - Check your car's air filter monthly. 

  • Fill the Dishwasher  - Run the dishwasher only with a full load. 

  • Use Recycled Paper  - Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. 

  • Adjust Your Thermostat  - Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer. 

  • Check Your Water heater  - Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120oF. 

  • Change the AC Filter  - Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended. 

  • Take Shorter Showers  - Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. 

  • Install a Low-Flow Showerhead  - Using less water in the shower means less energy to heat the water. 

  • Buy Products Locally  - Buy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your store. 

  • Buy Energy Certificates  - Help spur the renewable energy market.

  • Buy Minimally Packaged Goods  - Less packaging = less garbage (at least 10%). 

  • Buy a Hybrid Car  - The average driver could save $3,750 per year. 

  • Buy a Fuel Efficient Car  - Getting a few extra miles per gallon makes a big difference. 

  • Carpool When You Can 

  • Reduce Garbage 

  • Plant a Tree  - Trees suck up carbon dioxide and make clean air for us to breathe. 

  • Insulate Your Water Heater 

  • Replace Old Appliances 

  • Weatherize Your Home  - Caulk and weather strip your doorways and windows. 

  • Use a Push Mower 

  • Un-plug Un-used Electronics  - Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. 

  • Put on a Sweater - Don't reach for the thermostat when you're cold, add a sweater

  • Insulate Your Home 

  • Air Dry Your Clothes  - Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer. 

  • Switch to a Tankless Water Heater 

  • Switch to Double Pane Windows 

  • Buy Organic Food 

  • Bring Cloth Bags to Market

We’ve all seen litter scattered alongside a roadway. 

Do you know how long it will take to decompose to a non-recognizable form?

Styrofoam = Never 

Aluminum = 80-100 years 

Plastic Bags = 10-20 years 

Plastic coated cartons = 5 years

Plastic Containers = 50-80 years

Cigarette butts = 10-12 years

Leather Shoes = 25-40 years

Vibram soles = 50-80 years 

Wool socks = 6 months 

Paper Containers = 2-5 months

 

Psalm 8 - A Psalm of David

1O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 4what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? 5Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. 6You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, 7All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!