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Creation Care Ministry Events

Go Green!!!               

God created us—people—in God’s image and dedicated us to keep watch over, to guard, to protect, and to have charge of planet earth, God’s good creation. We re-imagine our discipleship journey to do that!

 

Serve God with us by participating in these annual and on-going creation-respecting events.

 

Feb 5 (Sun)Annual Light Bulb Recycling Drive, 9:15-9:40 a.m. and after worship service/East Portico 

Feb 8 (Wed)Annual Light Bulb Recycling Drive, 9:30-11:30 a.m./East Portico

  • Collect all kinds of light bulbs (florescent tubes, CFLs, incandescent, LEDs, Halogen, Christmas lights)—deliver to Lowe’s and Computer Recycling Center

Apr 16 (Sun)—Creation Care-themed Worship Service, 10:45-11:45 a.m./Sanctuary

 

Apr 22 (Sat)10th Annual Electronics and Appliances Recycling Drive, 8:30-11:30 a.m./SUMC Parking Lot

  • Collect all kinds of electronics, appliances, rechargeable battery packs, small batteries, cords, CDs/DVDs, and pristine EPS foam packaging blocks and coolers. Meredith Recycling, Montrose, Mo., picks up most items; we deliver some items to Computer Recycling Center in Springfield and Foam Fabricators in El Dorado Springs

 

May 11-13 (Thu-Sat)—United Women in Faith Rummage Sale, Recycling, hours vary/Family Life Center

  • Collect corrugated cardboard boxes, paper, and glass—deliver to city recycling center

  • Collect unsold dead electronics, DVDs, wire, metal, etc.—deliver to Computer Recycling Center

  • Collect clean plastic bags-deliver to Woods or Walmart in Bolivar for recycling

  • Collect coffee grounds for composting

  • Recycle other odds and ends

 

Aug 5 (Sat)—Back to School Fair, Recycling, 9-11 a.m./Stockton Middle School Cafeteria

  • Collect plastic water bottles and school supply packaging waste for recycling—deliver to city recycling center and other places that accept items collected

 

Aug 16 (Wed)—School Staff Appreciation Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m./Family Life Center

  • United Women in Faith wash dishes to keep disposable tableware out of landfill

 

Sep 28-30 (Thu-Sat)—Black Walnut Festival, Recycling, hours vary/Stockton City Park

  • Collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans—deliver to city recycling center and United Methodist Men’s aluminum recycling bins

 

Oct 5-7 (Thu-Sat)—United Women in Faith Rummage Sale, Recycling, hours vary/Family Life Center

  • Collect corrugated cardboard boxes, paper, and glass—deliver to city recycling center

  • Collect unsold dead electronics, DVDs, wire, metal, etc.—deliver to Computer Recycling Center

  • Collect plastic bags-deliver to Woods or Walmart in Bolivar for recycling

  • Collect coffee grounds for composting

  • Recycle other odds and ends

 

Ongoing—Pollinator Victory Garden on south church grounds in-progress

 

Ongoing—Denim recycling in partnership with Stockton Area Ministerial Alliance Thrift Shop

 

We welcome new creation care ideas, projects, and events that help us change our way of being in the world.

Learn more about Creation Care Ministry Here.

Creation Care Ministry Leader: Cheryl Y. Marcum, commissioned United Methodist EarthKeeper |renew.creation@gmail.com| (417) 955-2885

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