Many churches across England and Wales have already won Eco Church Awards in recognition of their efforts to care for creation. Here some of them share something of their stories…
Creation care meets local mission: an Eco-Church project from Holy Trinity Claygate
‘Coming soon to a tree near you!’ was our headline on social media this February. 200 small cotton gift bags…
Encouragement at the start of 2022 – ‘’Lots of small things’’ poem by St Luke’s, Hedge End
St Luke’s Hedge End, who received their Silver award in December 2021, found a creative way to share their eco…
The 12 Days of a Green(er) Christmas
A 12 days of Christmas poem for some green inspiration, written by Jean Burrows, a member of the Eco Church…
Eco-friendly Christmas Wreaths – Pershore Abbey
This is part of a Diocese of Worcester campaign backed by Bishop Martin Gorick for churches to take a more…
Christmas Tree Festival: Our Natural World – Hutton and Shenfield Union Church
In the summer the burning question for Hutton and Shenfield Union Church was “What shall we have as the theme…
Christmas Tree Forest – Croxley Green Baptist Church
Croxley Green Baptist Church, a recently awarded Bronze Eco Church, has found a great way to help people wish one…
St Mary’s East Grinstead
We hope that our efforts have converted what was a pretty sterile environment into an area where wildlife is beginning…
Market Harborough Methodist Church
Having taken part in a local Churches Together initiative in which Eco Church featured, Market Harborough Methodist Church made the…
St Stephen’s, Ealing
St Stephen’s Church in Ealing has long been passionate about caring for God’s world. Eco Church provided them with a…
St Edmund’s, Roundhay
As winners of the Eco-Congregation Award (the precursor to Eco Church), St Edmund’s, Roundhay embraced Eco Church as a means…
St John’s, Waterloo
Dealing with an old building and engaging the congregation in entering a ‘personal ecological conversion’ were the biggest challenges faced…
Salisbury Cathedral
Commenting on Salisbury Cathedral’s success in gaining a Bronze Eco Church Award, Canon Treasurer, Robert Titley said: ‘We believe that…
Streetly Methodist Church
Having replaced an old heating system with new one fuelled by a biomass boiler, Streetly Methodist Church began thinking about…
Wymondham Abbey
Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk received a Bronze Eco Church Award in July 2016. Hilary Hunter describes some of the work…
The Parish of Baildon
A combination of Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and A Rocha founder Peter Harris’s books alerted the three churches…
Hilfield Friary
When Dorset-based Hilfield Friary applied for a Silver Award, their application was so impressive, they were immediately upgraded to Gold!…
Trinity Church, Leek
Trinity Church, Leek registered with Eco Church by way of demonstrating their ongoing commitment to creation and environmental issues.…
Romsey Methodist Church
Romsey Methodist Church embarked on their Eco Church journey a few months after completing a major building modernisation project that…
Lyme Regis Baptist Church
Lyme Regis Baptist Church gained a Bronze Eco Church Award in February 2016. One of the things they did by…