Fwd: Reinvigorate your Care for Creation initiative with David Rhoads

[Margaret Schoewe]

Following is a reminder of our meeting this coming Monday, August 19th at 6:00 PM

Join us to share ideas and reinvigorate your Care for Creation initiatives.  

Dave Rhoads (a leader in the green Lutheran movement) has offered to join with us in sharing ideas and generating new ideas.

Our gathering will be hosted by St Matthew's Ev Lutheran Church

1615 Wauwatosa Ave

Wauwatosa WI 63213

We'll gather for supper and conversation from 6:00 - 8:00 PM  Food will be provided by our Meal Outreach Ministry which currently distributes 1500 - 1800 meals per week from "rescued" food.

Possible items for discussion include

- Lutherans Restoring Creation training event

- Energy Stewards Initiative - becoming Energy Star certified

- Dimmable LED lights - St Matthew's is beginning to use them - 10 year life, much lower energy use

- Rescuing food - tips for what you might do

- Applying for rotating loan fund grant from the Greater Milwaukee Synod

- Whatever you would like to share, questions you might have

Questions contact

Pr Margaret Schoewe
St Matthew's Ev Lutheran Church
1615 Wauwatosa Ave
Wauwatosa, WI 53213
414-774-0441

[cmukw...@aol.com]

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Cathy

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[David Rhoads]

Greetings to GMS participants in tonight's meeting at St. Matthew.

I know you will be bringing lots of ideas for action by the task force.

 I am giving you a heads-up on some possible projects to consider supported by LRC, among others.

One is a training events for a few synod leaders to be trained to bring creation care into congregations in the synod and hold an eco-faith event. May be able to do this with the South Central WI synod.

Another is a rotating loan fund for congregations to lower energy use and carbon footprint. This has had great success in the MetroChicago synod and may qualify for new funds available from our synod.

I have attached

1. a description of the training event arrangement

2. A description of a rotating loan fund

3. A power point describing the rotating loan fund in the Metro Chicago synod.

I will have info about these tonight if you have no chance to look at these. Just giving a heads up.

Dave

 

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