Joyous Event Last Night with Some Green Touches

Last night we celebrated the Institution of The Reverend Noah Evans as the 18th Rector of Grace Church.  The evening was a combination of serious calls to action and fun.  As part of the planning for the celebration, the Vestry made several green choices to be better stewards of our environment that we mentioned at the end of the bulletin.

Here are the choices we made to make this wonderful celebration greener:

• Used reusable cloth table clothes instead of disposable plastic ones
• Instead of buying one time use stemware we rented glass wine glasses and champagne flutes
• The plates were made from bio-degradable and compostable sugar can fiber and held up well through out the event
• The napkins were made from 100% recycled paper
• We used our reusable metal silverware and washed it instead of disposing of box after box plasticware

For our normal Wednesdays at Grace Community Dinner we use our ceramic plates and silverware, but the size and tight timing of the event made us find alternatives that did not involve washing lots of dishes between dinner, the server and dessert.  Some of these choices made the event even more classy.  Toasting with glass flutes was much better than the alternatives.

We hope you will consider the choices you make when throwing your next event and how you can make the party greener.

Here is a short clip from the ceremony to share the fun had by all.



Peace!