{"id":12692,"date":"2023-09-18T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/?p=12692"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:19:58","slug":"what-is-a-green-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2023\/09\/what-is-a-green-church\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Green Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you heard about the Green Church Initiative? What does it mean to be a good steward of creation? Do you care about God&#8217;s good gift of creation and do you want to align your church practices with sustainable and eco-friendly practices? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Green Church Initiative has lots of ideas about how to preserve and protect this gift that supports all life on this planet we call home. As we see more and more climate disasters and pay attention to the effects of poor earth keeping practices, especially on the poor and marginalized (you know, the people Jesus cared so much about!), we know that as people of faith, we are called to do what we can to nurture this gift of creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12693\" style=\"width:332px;height:144px\" width=\"332\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/image-1.png 974w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/image-1-720x313.png 720w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/image-1-768x334.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The NC Conference Creation Care Team is here to help! 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