Long Buckby and Brington Baptist Church Environmental Policy

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:
 

  • regularly reflecting this appreciation of and concern for creation in our worship, prayer, teaching and mission
  • connecting with other churches and other Christian organisations to learn and share understanding and good practice in environmental issues
  • assessing our performance through an audit process and look to improve on our score each year
  • considering ways of improving biodiversity in our own grounds.
  • considering sustainability issues when making decisions about our buildings and energy consumption and look to improve our environmental footprint
  • seeking ways to reduce consumption and to reuse or recycle materials where possible.
  • seeking to use locally sourced or Fairtrade food and drink where possible and to minimise waste
  • thinking about our transport footprint and encourage environmentally friendly forms of transport
  • encouraging our members to consider their personal impact on the environment in their daily lives
  • working with other groups as appropriate to create and promote a local community that is more biodiverse and sustainable
  • demonstrating our commitment in this area by publishing this policy and our actions on our website and in other ways. 

This policy was adopted at the Church Meeting on 23 February 2022 and will be reviewed after 2 years.
 

 

Environmental Committee

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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.

Long Buckby Baptist Church has been awarded a Bronze Eco Church award in recognition of their efforts to care for God's earth in each of the following areas - worship and teaching, management of buildings and land, community and global engagement, and lifestyle.

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.

environmental committee members May 2023

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).
 


 



mill park volunteer mornings
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/

 

How Do You Travel to Church?

The Environmental Committee would like to encourage people to consider car sharing, or maybe cycling to church and making use of the nearby bicycle rack.

sustainable saturdays eco fair on the 1st Saturday of the month at St Andrews Church Rugby.

St Andrews church in Rugby town centre holds Sustainable Saturdays from 10am-2pm on the 1st Saturday of the month. Stalls with eco-friendly sellers and demonstrations.

Rugby Repair Cafe 10am until noon on the 3rd Saturday of the month at St Andrews Church Rugby.l

Also at St Andrews in Rugby is the Repair Cafe from 10 until 2 on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
 
For ideas about how you can reduce single use plastic see https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/get-involved/what-you-can-do/