COOL CONGREGATIONS

PLAN TO ATTEND ONE NEAR YOU WHILE YOU STILL CAN

Current limited funding for Cool Congregations workshops makes it most important to register to participate in those already scheduled. More than 70 people representing 16 congregations from six cities participated in the first Cool Congregations workshop at St. Luke¹s Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls sponsored by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light and Iowa Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign.   

There is still room at the remaining three workshops listed below.  Although the current round of workshops are being offered free of charge to participants, there is no guarantee that future workshop can be subsidized by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light (IIP&L) and Iowa Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign (IICEC).  So, plan to attend one of these nearest you.

Participants of the three-hour workshop learn how to organize a congregation-wide stewardship program where congregants can increase energy efficiency, save money and reduce global warming pollution.  Workshop participants learn how to help congregants measure their carbon footprint (i.e. their family contribution to global warming) and then determine how to reduce their impact. These workshops are presented by 3 women from St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls who created the Cool Congregations workshop. For more information about the workshops contact the local organizer specified below.  Workshops are open to all people of faith.

Des Moines, Feb. 3, 2007; St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral; contact Rev. Muffy Harmon, [log in to unmask]
Cedar Rapids, Feb. 17, 2007, Christ Episcopal Church; contact Beth Robbins, [log in to unmask]
Dubuque, March 31, Church of the Resurrection; contact Paul Schultz, [log in to unmask]

Workshops are free, but participating congregations are asked to join Iowa Interfaith Power and Light at the $50 membership level. Individuals may join at any level they wish.

Timothy J. Kautza
Coordinator, Iowa Intefaith Climate and Energy Campaign and Iowa Interfaith Power and Light
Science and Environmental Education
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
4625 Beaver Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50310-2145
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515.270.2634, ext. 16 (VOICE)
515.270.9447 (FAX)
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