Earth Care Congregations
Is your church active in earth care or interested in becoming more involved in being stewards of God’s earth? One starting point can be to use “Earth Care Congregations: A Guide to Greening Presbyterian Churches” (Disponsible en Español)
To become certified as Earth Care Congregations, churches take the “Earth Care Pledge” and complete activities in the fields of worship, education, facilities and outreach. Download an Earth Care Congregations bulletin insert.
Earth Care Congregations applications
NOTE: The annual enrollment/recertification period is January 1 - February 15.
To become certified in the first year, a church fills out the Earth Care Pledge and tracks its commitments in worship, education, facilities, and outreach. The Earth Care Congregation First Year Application is to be submitted by online form Jan 1 - Feb 15 at http://surveys.pcusa.org/s3/Earth-Care-Congregation-Application.
To become re-certified, a church tracks its continued commitments. Progress in each of the areas should be marked since the time of the last certification. The Earth Care Congregation Recertification Application is to be submitted by online form Jan 1-Feb 15 at http://surveys.pcusa.org/s3/Earth-Care-Congregation-Application.
To prepare to submit the online form, you may for your own record use the Excel formats of the application questions.