Ideas for your Church Ideas to help you enjoy and care for the natural world Ideas to share with friends and your community Ideas concerning food Ideas to apply at home or to new building projects Things to think about when you're out shopping Reduce, re-use, re-cycle – ideas on the theme of waste Ideas on how to travel ecologically Things to do in the garden How to make your money even greener Tips to enjoy your leisure time with a clearer conscience Ideas on how to take direct action for the world Ideas to apply at work Get into the spirit of helping the environment this season!
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Try to hold a vision of your local church (both building and people) as a beacon of God’s light in a time of growing environmental darkness. Each action here can be a step towards that vision. Church can be a community that witnesses to another set of values – the values of God’s Kingdom. Church can celebrate the 24:1 Sabbath rest of all creation, and model living lightly in God’s world... or church can be enslaved to a negative vision that shuts out nature, and reduces stewardship from caring for God’s world to saving a few pennies on the cost of Fair Trade coffee or recycled paper. You may find that it takes much patience and grace to help others in your church share a vision of living lightly 24:1. Try to stay positive in all that you do: