Call to Moral Action on Climate Change

On March 19, 2013, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) made a call to action from the Senate floor that all faith based communities rise up to address climate change.  Please watch this 17 minute view into our national dialog on climate change.

Time to Wake Up: Faith Organizations Weigh in on Climate Change

What are we going to do to answer this call?

Front Yard Task Force Presentation

On Sunday, February 24th, the Front Yard Task Force presented their plans for rejuvenating the front area of Grace Church to be:

• Welcoming
• Easy to maintain
• Support the mission of Grace Church
• Environmentally Sustainable and
• Provide a green space for rest & recreation for all.

Here are the slides from the presentation. We want to hear from the members of Grace about our plans for the front lawn.  Please leave comments below or speak to a member of the task force with your ideas and thoughts.

or download as a PDF.



During the presentation we also asked those present to answer the following question:

What is the most important consideration to me in rejuvenating our front lawn space?

Please share with us your response to this question or other thoughts you have.

Peace!
Jonathan Hunt on behalf of front yard task force

LEDs Lighting Our Way in Prayer

Did you notice that one of the hanging fixtures in the sanctuary was not as bright as the others?  Up until last week, the hanging fixture closest to the baptismal font was using the old 300W incandescent bulb and had not been upgraded to the new dimmable LED solution we created.

The Building Committee is also working with the National Grid Small Business Program to upgrade the lights on the altar and improve the efficiency of many of the lights throughout the Wiles Hall, offices and classrooms.

Happy Greening!
Jon