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VIPL Partners with the
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light is now an official affiliate partner of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy in Richmond, Virginia. Together we have called the Rev.
MEET OUR NEW DIRECTOR Pat is in the process of completing a Masters Degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis on Theology, and is a member of the United Methodist Women’s Division Green Team. Pat tries to live out his passion for God’s creation by living his life in such a way as to make a smaller footprint on God’s earth. He is an avid organic, permaculture gardener. His passion is to raise the awareness, particularly among people of faith, that there is a connection between faith and taking care of God’s creation. He and Denise live in Richmond
AND PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 804-643-2474, ask for
Caring for Creation Team Training VIPL has partnered with the Presbytery of the James in a pilot project to train “Caring for Creation Teams” for all 118 Virginia Presbyterian congregations in the Presbytery over the next couple of years. The first training event will be offered from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm Saturday, March 3, 2007, at the Laurel Presbyterian Church in
Each congregation is asked to send a team of four or five to the training: someone from mission and education, from worship, from stewardship and finance, from building and grounds, and hopefully a youth to serve as the fifth member of the team.
This half day training event will equip teams in the areas of global warming facts and challenges, the theological and moral imperative to respond, worship and education resources, how to do an energy audit of their congregation, and how to develop an action plan to take specific steps to save money, save energy, and reduce their congregation’s and their member households’ global warming footprints to zero.
Congregations other than Presbyterian are also welcome. Advance registration is required. For more information please call Steve Brown, Convener of VIPL, at 434-825-4262. Or to register call the office of the Presbytery of the James at 804-262-2074.
As this exciting model develops and grows, other congregations from other faith communities will be invited to send teams for training and/or develop similar training events tailor-made for their own denominations, traditions, and regional governing bodies.
Fall Spotlight on Global Warming a Great Success In cooperation with the national Interfaith Power & Light office and Paramount Pictures, during October, 2006, VIPL offered free screenings and discussion of the award-winning global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” at 43 Virginia congregations! A great big THANK-YOU to all who hosted this important event. Nationally the Spotlight on Global Warming was shown to more than half a million viewers at four thousand faith community sites in all fifty states.
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