[Green] Four things for Green Sanctuary Committee members

Sat Dec 10 16:02:49 CST 2016

Dawn and all,
Thanks for the minutes, yes great job Chris..and thanks for the information
on the Cool Congregations Challenge from Interfaith Power and Light and I'm
so glad you have help to fill in the application. I think what FUUSM has
done is inspiring to congregations in our region and finding local
resources and expertise seems noteworthy to me.  The follow-up plans to
link the two buildings and the additional donations are so exciting.

Regarding minutes_ two little additions/suggestions..   On the first line,
the letter "F" seems missing in my copy.. for  the name - First

>From MOVCA.. I think I mentioned that MOVCA planned to participate in the
Marietta Christmas parade and wants volunteers to join. ( They did!  and
marched with the banner, and I hear the Dave Ballantyne was there).  I also
shared information which Carol Sedgewick had shared at last MOVCA meeting
about contacting 'your congresscritters'. you can see that brief info in
the minutes attached the links to getting info are included.
I think Adeline also mentioned the January speaker for MOVCA is Roger
Wilkens.. dates and details are in the attached.  Dawn encourage GS to join
MOVCA.

I was a bit dazed at the last GS meeting and didn't have all the
information handy or in my head, sorry. I have just completed writing up
the minutes from that meeting.( and Eric Engle, MOVCA leader will soon be
sharing them with the full membership) . They are attached for you all and
should clarify all of the above , plus info on the wonderful speakers we
had, and perhaps you may want to look at the publication of the Peoples
Pastoial from the Catholic Committee of Appalachia, titled *The Telling
Takes Us Home: Taking Our Place in the Stories That Shape Us.*   Maybe some
of you want to participate in the January activities which will be held at
the First Christian Church, 1400 Washington Ave, Parkersburg. At least you
can put it on your calendar and share the news.

I have out of town family coming tomorrow so probably won't be at FUUSM
tomorrow and not sure about being able to be at the next GS meeting.
Please share reminder of MOVCA  January events at that meeting..
Thanks to you all for your work,  inspiration and fellowship.

Cindy Taylor

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Hi friends!
>
> 1. Chris Jacobs did a fine job as substitute scribe. Attached are minutes
> from the November 20 meeting. Approving them will be on the agenda for the
> December 18 meeting.
>
>
> 2. Please send me other items for the agenda by 7 p.m. Wednesday, December
> 14.
>
> 3. Good news!  The FUUSM Board of Trustees approved our request to pay for
> single-stream (unsorted) recycling pickup from Rumpke. George Banziger
> instructed us as follows: Please arrange through our Treasurer, Linda
> Lawton, about how to arrange the monthly payment to Rumpke for the pick up
> of the recycling bin. I haven’t done that yet, but I will. I’ll try to
> remember to call Rumpke tomorrow to find out the specific details.  The
> board also approved our letter to AA, and said it should go to all groups
> that rent our facilities. So, maybe we need a general-purpose letter to be
> handed out. We can send the letter to AA, and then modify it for other
> groups.
>
> 4. And most excitingly, is the Cool Congregation Challenge. Our new solar
> panels could win us $1,000—if we enter this contest by December 16. Yikes!
> Here’s the announcement, and then the attachment, and then more from me at
> the bottom.
>
> *From:* info=interfaithpowerandlight.org at mail.salsalabs.net <
> info=interfaithpowerandlight.org at mail.salsalabs.net> on behalf of Kari
> Kiser <info at interfaithpowerandlight.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:14:15 PM
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> *Subject:* 2 Weeks Left! Enter Cool Congregations Challenge to win
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> Dear John,
>
> We are now just two weeks away from our annual Cool Congregations
> Challenge. The entry deadline is December 16, 2016. *Enter for a chance
> to win $1,000 *for your congregation.
>
> Your congregation is eligible to enter if it has finished an energy
> efficiency, renewable energy, or grounds and water conservation project
> this year, or if it has engaged your community in response to global
> warming. There is also a planning category for those who have recently
> finished their energy audit and developed plans for improvements.
>
> *Click here to view the entry guide today, for a chance to win $1,000 in
> each of the five entry categories.*
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> Projects can take place inside the sanctuary or other buildings, on the
> grounds, in congregants’ homes, or in the community.
>
> *So don’t wait – click here to view the entry guide today. *
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> includes all of the details, as well as a flyer to get your green team
> excited about entering, inspirational stories of past winners, and links to
> the entry form.
>
> Thank you for your stewardship of the Earth and for your eagerness to
> address global warming directly by becoming a sustainable congregation and
> role model.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kari Kiser
> Community Engagement and Programs Manager
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> Dawn here again. There are five categories, and congregations can enter up
> to three. Certainly we’d enter the renewable energy contest.  This is a
> contest for projects completed between Jan. 1, 2016 and December 16, 2016,
> so if this contest happens again in 2017, it’ll be too late to tout our
> solar array. Another category involves what congregants themselves are
> doing in their own homes, and we can tout our low-carbon-diet project.
> Collectively, we reduced a lot of carbon!
>
> So, the thing is, I don’t want to fill out these forms all by myself
> (although I will if I have to). Are there any volunteers who would meet
> with me for a few hours this weekend or some evening next week, and we can
> fill out the forms together, making sure they’re as duly persuasive and
> otherwise perfect?
>
> I know this contest comes at a busy time of year, but it really shouldn’t
> take too long to enter.  Any volunteers?
>
> Thanks!
>
> —dawn
>
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