Our committment to being better stewards of the Earth is an integral part of our Christian faith. In addition to recycling inside the church and providing an Abiti Paper Retriever collection box in the parking lot, First Congregational UCC's Green Team explores other ways we can promote conservation.

First Congregational's Green Team provides education about climate change and creation care, urging all members to take specific actions. Articles in the monthly newsletter, The Pilgrim Colony, displays and bulletin “quips” each Sundays seek to educate and remind one another ways of living more responsibly in God’s creation and on our earth.

As a church we have had an energy audit and are proceeding with those recommendations. First Congregational UCC buys 100% green power, and urges every household to do the same. Each year the Green Team works with worship teams to plan and celebrate Earth Day appropriately. We wrote a “green” curriculum for summer church school, and used another for Vacation Church School. “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Troubled Waters” and “Food, Inc.” have been shared with the congregation, and other creation care programs presented during the education hour on Sundays, including Biblical bases for care of the earth. In 2009 a group studied “Low Carbon Diet” and sought to reduce their carbon footprints. We participate with Hoosier Power and Light and Indianapolis Green Congregations, sharing and receiving ideas for action.

The Green Team welcomes new members and continues to search for new ways to help our church and all its members become more environmentally responsible. Call the church office at (317) 257-5397 or email info@fcindy.org for more information about the Green Team.