MeIPL Workshop Resources
- Conducting an Energy Assessment of Congregation Buildings
(Power Point format)
- Energy Efficiency Checklist for Congregations
(Word format)
- Congregation Energy Use Data Tracking Sheets
(Excel format)
- Energy Efficiency Pays: A Guide for the Small Business Owner
(PDF format)
Sermons on Climate Change & the Environment
- Practice Love by the Rev. Canon Sally Bingham (for a Protestant service)
- Transfiguration Sunday Homily Outline by Father Charles Morris (for a Catholic service)
- Christ in All Things by Rev. Nancy G. Wright
Text: Colossians 1:15-20
Explores the belief that God, in Christ, is holding the world together. This belief teaches us several things about how we are to live in relationship with God and with the rest of creation.
- An
Earth Day Sermon
By Steven Whitney
Texts: Genesis 2:15, 9:8-11 and Job 12:10, 38:1-7
Looks at creation “as a manifestation of God in our midst.” This sermon serves as an example of one person’s look at the role of humanity within this broader creation. - A
Call to Action ( PDF)
By Reverend Bob Wohlfort
Delivered at 1st Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington DC
March 9, 2008 - The
Earth is the Lord’s (PDF)
A sermon by Reverend R. Charles Grant, D.Min.
Delivered on April 29, 2007 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
Scripture references: Psalm 8 Psalm 24:12, Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31, Romans 8:19-24 - ‘Let
Everything that Breathes …’ (PDF)
A sermon by Kirk Nave
Delivered April 29, 2007 at River Road United Methodist Church, Richmond VA
Scriptural references: Job 12:7-10; Psalm 148; Psalm 150 - The
Great Connection (PDF)
By Bass Mitchell
Delivered on July 16, 2006 at Ivy Creek UMC, Charlottesville, Va.
Scriptural references: Psalm 24 - Noah
(PDF)
By Paul Amrhein
Human Concerns Minister
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Richmond, Va. - Earth
Sunday
The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham
Grace Cathedral - Rosh
Hashanah Sermon 5768 (PDF)
by Rabbi Laura Geller
Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills - Global
Warming (PDF)
By Metwalli B. Amer, Ph.D
Founder and Executive Director of Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims - Abbess
Linda Ruth Cutts (audio)
New York City - Dr.
Hamid Mavani
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
Temple Beth El, Berkeley - Changing
the Focus on Non-Renewable Energy and the Stewardship of the Environment
(PDF)
By the Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane, D.D.
Bishop of Washington, and Dean of Washington National Cathedral
November 6, 2004 - Worship Aids from Earth Ministry, with sermons, hymns, prayers, litanies, scripture, and sample worship services.
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