We, the members of Long Buckby & Brington Baptist Church, recognise our God-given responsibility to care for His creation and to respond to the command of Jesus to love others as we love ourselves. This is the reason for developing our approach to environmental issues as outlined in this policy. We acknowledge the complexities involved in making decisions in this area both in our individual lives and as a church, that the differences we can make may be small, and that changes may take time. But as part of our commitment to follow and serve Jesus, a caring approach to the environment and the impact of environmental changes on other people are issues we will take into account in our mission, worship, prayer, education and training, and we will consider environmental issues as a factor in our stewardship of church resources. Accordingly as church we will look at the following aspects of environmental appreciation and concern as we continue to work out how we can best reflect the image of Jesus in all we do:
The Environmental Committee have signed up to take part in A Rocha UK's award scheme (see https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/ for more information) as a way for us to audit our performance and suggest ways in which we could improve. We are very pleased to have been awarded a bronze award. Our church members have agreed on an environmental policy. We would love to add a few more volunteers to the team so, if you would like to help, please talk to Norman How or Mercy Coupe-Gunter. We meet on the second Sunday of each month. In April 2023, the group led a service on the theme "In Step With the Spirit in a Changing Climate" with guest speaker Revd Dr Dave Gregory, Baptist Missioner for Science and Environment, Convenor of Baptist Union Environment Network (BUEN).
Come along to the monthly volunteer mornings at Mill Park, Long Buckby on Saturday mornings. See Jayne Dyne for more information. To find out about volunteering at Mill Park Reserve or Cotton End Park visit https://longbuckbygreenspaces.com/get-involved/