The mission statement of the Church of Peace includes the goal that we will "hold sacred the good earth" which guides the members and staff to do what we can to be environmentally conscious.
With a church building which is in parts almost 100 years old this is sometimes a challenge. Here are some things we have done:
+ we have added a great deal of insulation, especially above the dome of the church sanctuary. (We were here motivated by our utility bill as well as our mission statement.)
+ we have replaced most of the steel framed windows with modern double paned windows that hold in more heat and cooling.
+ we use paper with recycled content for our church documents.
+ we recycle used paper products.
+ we participate in the Rock Island curb-side recycle program, which helps us and helps the city too.
+ we recycle aluminum cans. For many years we had a church member who would take the cans and sell them to gain money for the church. Recently that member has been unable to do that task so we have another member, Mr. Norris, who recycles for us. Mr. Norris is a model of going green - he rides a bike at all times of the year rather than drive a car. Here he is with a bag of cans he is recycling.
Our church is enriched by having many people each doing a small part to help us accomplish our part of God's mission in the world.
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