Author: Elliott Bush
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April is Move Your Money Month
Read More: April is Move Your Money MonthIs your checking account in a national or regional bank? How about your savings accounts? Are you invested in individual stocks? In an IRA? In mutual funds? Cash under the mattress? Well, it is if you do checking and savings with a national or regional bank; or, if your individual stocks include fossil fuel companies;…
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The Earth 911 newsletter: Tips on Living Sustainably
Read More: The Earth 911 newsletter: Tips on Living SustainablyIf you want to get good advice on maintaining a sustainable lifestyle you will want to subscribe to the Earth 911 weekly newsletter. The current issue includes an article about apps that help you belong to your local natural world… How to recycle ink and toner cartridges… The hidden danger of personal care products… And…
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The Key to Happiness
Read More: The Key to HappinessPeople who buy less are happier, according to a study published in Young Consumers. The more people endorsed materialistic values, the more they were competitive, manipulative, and selfish; the more they had depression, anxiety, and health problems; and the more they were dissatisfied with their lives. Materialism increased when people used more social media. Instead…
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More Ways to Live Sustainably
Read More: More Ways to Live SustainablyA reader recently wrote to us about how useful the Creation Care articles were to her daughter Kelsey. Kelsey was working on a Sustainability project for her Earth Science class. The class was required to write a report discussing which renewable and non renewable resources they use on a daily basis; they were required to…
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What to Get for the Person Who Has Everything
Read More: What to Get for the Person Who Has EverythingOn your Christmas gift list do you have someone who always says, “I have everything I need?” Or someone who is striving to live simply and is downsizing? How do you express your love to such friends and relations with a gift if they don’t want a present? Donate to a good cause in their…
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Faith Meets COP28
Read More: Faith Meets COP28The 28th annual meeting of COP is underway in Dubai these two weeks. COP is short for “Conference of the Parties,” meaning those countries who joined—are “party to,” in legal terms—the international treaty called the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). A central purpose of each COP since 2015 has been to…
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Read More: Dreaming of a Green ChristmasHere are some excellent ideas for creation care during the holidays. From Earth 911, four suggestions for making Christmas gift buying and wrapping environmentally sound From Crys, tips for greening your gift giving, greening your decorating, greening your celebrations and greening your putting away And a wonderful place to help the world’s children when you…
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A Sustainable Life
Read More: A Sustainable LifeWe were so fortunate this past Season of Creation to have four of our members come forward and share their ways of living a sustainable life. Here’s a summary so that you can go back to review their tips: Sustainable CommutingStuart Hobbes told us about the value of bus commuting, how it was good for…
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Alternative Commuting
Read More: Alternative CommutingDuring the time of announcements at the 10:30 worship on September 3, Stuart Hobbes talked about his bus commuting, a good way to combat the climate crisis. Stuart and Jamie planned their last move so that they were on a bus route directly to his work. That means they only need one car, which is…
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Becoming a Creation Advocate
Read More: Becoming a Creation AdvocateThe last of our Season of Creation talks at worship was by member Michelle Pham, an environmental activist as well as a graduate student at OSU in entomology with a specific focus on bees and the challenges they face in this age of shrinking biodiversity.She spoke about her commitments to working to end the climate…
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Centering Prayer at St. Stephen’s
Three Opportunities to Learn & Practice Centering Prayer There are 3 opportunities at St Stephen’s to learn and practice centering prayer: 1. Every Thursday at 12 noon we have an in-person centering prayer meeting that meets in the Sanctuary. After the centering portion, we have a Lectio Divina portion where we read an excerpt from…
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Art in the Sanctuary – Mike & Elly Kaizar’s Block Prints
We’re so excited to be featuring block prints by Mike and Elly Kaizar this month. Stop by the sanctuary and check them out! Artist Bio Mike Kaizar michaelkaizar@yahoo.com 614-747-3151 Michael Kaizar is a Columbus-based blockprint artist whose bold, hand-carved imagery blends craft with playful, mythic storytelling. He began printing during the early COVID-19 pandemic, growing…
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Take the Adult Formation Survey
Our new Adult Formation Working Group has created a survey so that you can help guide their planning. Please fill out here, or fill out a paper copy in church on Sunday.
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