RainGreenDrops by Bea • bit.ly/2so7SxW16 Grants for Creation Care July 7, 2017 Clips, News Sixteen grants totaling $123,910 have been awarded in the second round of grant-making managed by the Advisory Council for the Stewardship of Creation. The grants were awarded to: The Diocese of Delaware, to begin a four-phase program of evaluating all churches in the diocese’s energy use and help with formation conversations on energy stewardship: $2,225 Michael and All Angels in Issaquah, Washington, to fund a rain garden and a year-long theological educational program on water: $10,000 Emmanuel Church in Newport, Rhode Island, to support hydroponic gardening with children; and food for a local pantry with a focus on developing meditation and worship materials to deepen reflection on God’s creation: $10,000 John’s in Stamford, Connecticut, to fund a reforestation program with the Parish of the Good Samaritan in Grose Morne, Haiti: $10,000 Community of St. Brigid at Church of the Good Shepherd in St. Louis, for a farm church program: $8,500 Cultivate, the Episcopal Food Network: $10,000 Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, to support low-carbon farming by building a network of interested stakeholders and hosting a farm summit: $10,000 Support for the initial work at Bellwether Farm (Diocese of Ohio): $10,000 Support for the Rock Point Program (Diocese of Vermont) to develop bee pollinators in the area of an existing solar farm: $10,000 Columba Conference and Retreat Center in Memphis, for a bee pollinator program: $9,765 Luke’s Church in Jamestown, New York, for educational materials about creation care: $3,000 Kivalina Epiphany Church in Alaska, for a program to fund a pilgrimage to the West Coast: $8,000 Catedral de San Pablo in Bogotá, to build a partition wall and add native plants to alleviate pollution in the area around the cathedral: $4,250 Grace Church in North Garden, Virginia, for “Exploring Bioregional Spirituality in the Rivanna River Watershed,” a two-day conference: $8,000 The Diocese of California, for “Eco-justice: Safeguarding Climate, Food and Water” conference: $3,500 Church Divinity School of the Pacific for an intensive immersion class on climate justice: $6,670 Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)