Green Guidance Many United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women gatherings are part of a regular cycle of church activities. They are woven into the fabric of church and organizational life. Sometimes United Methodist Women are lovingly teased about the number of meetings they attend and sponsor. Often, planning for these activities has become very routinized.
Meetings seem so mundane.
Yet, whether we are preparing for something as relatively simple as a local church supper or something more complex such as a jurisdictional quadrennial meeting, we can use the occasion to recognize the sacredness of Creation and address environmental problems in a very practical way. Beyond this, we also may be able to find ways to strengthen our relationship with God by using our gathering to address environmental injustices or by enabling a positive encounter with the created world. Our purpose in producing this manual is to raise consciousness of the impact of what we do and to suggest ways in which we canmodel more socially and environmentally just practices in our everday life. Please complete the evaluation form or the sample tracking progress memo in Part 4 and return it to the Office of Environmental Justice. With your feedback, we can improve future editions and gauge the collective impact readers are having as a result of using this resource.