Creation Care

The Episcopal Church is strongly committed to creation care as an act of service to others and as an act of worship of God. There are various descriptions of this commitment, as well as an official covenant, a video, and access to a monthly newsletter available here. Our diocese also has its own Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Justice (a group with which St. Peter’s is affiliated) and you can find a resolution on care for creation that was written by this group and adopted by our dioceses on this page.

The Creation Care Action Committee (CCAC) typically meets on the first Sunday of the month at 11:45 in the church choir room. Occasionally, we reschedule the monthly meeting due to conflicts with holidays, etc. Anyone is welcome to just show up for a meeting, but if you know ahead of time that you’d like to attend a meeting, please consider contacting Rod Scott to let him know (rodney.scott@wheaton.edu). That way, he can verify exactly where and when the next meeting will be and we can be well prepared to give you a proper welcome when you arrive.

How is climate change impacting people and places around the world, especially the most vulnerable? What is our call as Episcopalians to protect the earth, our fragile island home? Watch this four-minute video that features voices from the Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop's Delegation to the UN Climate Conference COP26.

Clicking on each of the titles in bold below will take you to another page with lists of links and/or other resources.

Recycling Information Sheet  – This brief guide, compiled by the CCAC, contains helpful information, including internet links to sites that will help you figure out what services are available for recycling in Greenville County, and what items can and cannot be recycled by each service. This PDF: “Recycle in Greenville County!” contains a complete list of items that can be recycled. It also indicates where to take specific items and provides location information for various drop-off sites.  

Subscribe to the Monthly Episcopal Church Creation Care Newsletter

Resources on Environmental Sustainability from the US Government and Various Non-Governmental Organizations
There are a vast number of web sites hosted by the US government and NGOs that deal with environmental sustainability. This page contains links to a limited number of such sites that the CCAC thinks may be particularly useful. If you know of a site that is not listed here that you think should be, please pass the information along to a member of the committee. Click here.

Deep Green Faith Webinar Featuring St. Peter’s Creation Care Action Committee
In June, the Center for Deep Green Faith hosted a webinar that featured St. Peter’s church as an example of a church with a successful Creation Care ministry. Laura Hawkins moderated the webinar and Rod Scott described the recent activities of the CCAC. In July, the Diocesan Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Justice featured an article by Rod about the webinar in its newsletter. Click here to read the article and/or view the webinar.

Katharine Hayhoe addresses Climate Change and Christianity – Katharine Hayhoe is a highly regarded climate scientist and a professing Christian. In this video, she clearly explains climate change, how it threatens human existence, and why it is an issue that Christians should be actively addressing. Dr. Hayhoe doesn’t start speaking until after the first 5 minutes or so of the video. If the first 5 minutes don’t appeal to you, feel free to skip ahead.

Archives of the “Creation Care Corner” articles from the St. Peter’s Newsletter
Each month, the Church Newsletter features a brief description of some kind of action that each of us can implement in our lives to live more sustainably. These short articles will be archived here so that you can refer back to them in the future.

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