Creation Care

This group is committed to helping our church become more responsible stewards of God's good gift of creation by lowering our carbon footprint and building a church culture that demonstrates its love for God in the careful and thoughtful ways we live out our mission. We do this by finding ways to decrease our energy use, eliminating waste, especially single-use plastics, supporting church-wide recycling and composting efforts, emphasizing the importance of creation stewardship in teaching and worship, and managing our grounds in nature-protecting ways.

Creation Care meets at 3:30 PM on the 2nd Monday of the month in Room 305.

If you’d like to be a part of this group, you may do so by clicking the button below.

You can also join by contacting Marilyn McSpadden by phone at 816-550-0009.

Accomplishments:

-Periodically measure our carbon footprint in all four buildings

-Added zoning, LED lighting, programmable thermostats, temperature reduction in our buildings

-Replaced old air conditioners with more efficient ones

-Informed groups, classes, and guests of policies to limit food waste and single-use plastics

-Limited single-use plastics in summer lunch meals and added more fresh foods

-Provided fresh and local food to The Table, food pantry, and neighborhood through The Garden of Eatin'

-Composted all food waste at The Table in conjunction with KC Can Compost.

-Advocated for the safe return of waste-free/plastic-free communion

-Added Creation Care curriculum to Children's Church and VBC

-Phased out water bottles and individual creamers in the Coffee Bar