Seven Simple Steps to Green Your Church

You’re concerned about care of Creation, and you want to help. Start by greening your church!

This little handbook takes you, step by step, through the process of making your church more environmentally friendly. Areas of focus include:


The Resurrected Life: Recycling


Let There Be Light: Lighting


Praise the Lord: Worship


Jesus Saves: Electricity and Energy Efficiency


To Everything There is a Season: Heating and Cooling


The Wells of Salvation: Water


Train Up a Child: Christian Education


What Would Jesus Drive: Vehicles and Travel


Bread of Life: The Kitchen


Gifts of Administration: The Office


Go and Do Likewise: Missions


The Gardener of Eden: Grounds


Rebekah Simon-Peter, an ordained United Methodist pastor with a degree in Environmental Studies, worked as an acid rain researcher and volunteer naturalist before receiving her call to ministry. After more than a decade of pastoring churches, she is now a sought-after presenter, sharing the “green” gospel with churches, interfaith groups, and community groups. She lives in Rawlins, Wyoming, where she is the director of BridgeWorks, a ministry that specializes in building bridges of understanding.