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Lower Your Carbon Footprint at Home by Sandy Strini Racine Green Congregations will highlight energy-reduction strategies in the home at their winter meeting on Saturday, February 4 from 8:30 to 10:00 at Christ United Methodist Church, 5109 Washington Avenue. The meeting is open to the public. Dr. Peter Bakken of Madison will introduce the Cool Congregations program, a stewardship program designed to help people measure their carbon footprint and explore ways to lower their energy costs. Representatives of over 200 Wisconsin congregations have attended workshops to learn how to conduct a Cool Congregations program with their fellow members. Dr. Bakken is Executive Director of Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light (WIPL) and Coordinator for Public Policy for the Wisconsin Council of Churches. He is co-author of Church on Earth: Grounding Your Ministry in a Sense of Place. Racine Green Congregations is an interfaith coalition of congregations promoting ecological justice and sustainable living in Racine from faith perspectives. For more information, visit www.racinegreencongregations.org.
Keep Heat from Fleeing Up Your Flue by John Berge When you light a blazing fire on a cold winter day, it looks and feels wonderful; but it can be an expensive and inefficient endeavor. A fireplace sends most of the heat in your house straight up the chimney, emitting as much as 24,000 cubic feet of air per hour to the outside! There are ways you can limit the loss of heat when enjoying a quiet evening by the fire. These suggestions were taken from the EarthShare website.
 Anti-Racism Training Offered In January An in-depth workshop dealing with many of the issues inherent in systemic racism will be held at Atonement Lutheran Church January 26-28. The workshop, sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Synod, is led by experienced trainers from Crossroads Ministries. The time together is designed to help participants understand and analyze the roots of racism so that they may then do ministry and live everyday life using the lenses provided throughout the training. The workshop takes place Thursday evening and all day Friday and Saturday. Although the fee for ELCA participants is $125, there are scholarships available.
We hope to have a team of at least three to four people from Emmaus who will be able to participate. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Mary to register and to get further information regarding covering the cost of your registration. She gives her endorsement of the training as she shares, "The anti-racism training was life changing for me. I challenge all who are thinking about it to dive in for an experience that promises to be eye opening and transformative."
by Cindi Larsen We are always in need of volunteers to work at the Northside Food Pantry at Trinity United Methodist, 3900 Erie Street. Work hours are from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month. If you would like to see your Pantry in operation or have any questions, please contact Cindi Larsen at 681-2082. We thank our volunteers: Kathy & Rich Christensen, Pat & Ron Jensen, Jim Larrabee, Cindi & Loren Larsen, Karen Sedgwick, June Beck, Stan Breiwick, Marge Zielke, and Ruth Copeland. Thank you for your continued support through your time, donations, and prayers as we all work to support and maintain this important ministry within our community. Trinity United Methodist Church, 3825 Erie Street, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
If you are unable to work your scheduled date, please trade with someone on the schedule. Please do not call me to find someone. Also please do not leave only two people on duty. Thank you for your support of this important ministry.
Emmaus Helps Pack Haiti Relief Boxes at State Fair
Thank You to Community Meal Helpers
Thank you to everyone who made casseroles, side dishes or desserts and to all who helped serve at the St. Patrick’s Community Meal on Thursday, December 1. Our next turn to host the meal will be February 2. Recipes for the casseroles are near the sign-up sheet, and below. 9"x13" pans are available in the kitchen off the Sunset Room. Please tape your name to the pans (whether they are yours or were borrowed from the church) so they can be returned. Casserole ingredients:
Brown the beef, onion, salt and pepper and put them in the bottom of a 9"x13" pan. Sprinkle the green beans over the beef. Pour both cans of soup over the beans. Spread the tater tots over the top of the casserole.
Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
Emmaus Invited to Be 'Lutherans Restoring Creation' Congregation Dr. David Rhoads, retired professor from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), is heading a national program for ELCA congregations making a commitment to work together to save energy and become green congregations. Emmaus has been invited to be one of two congregations in the Greater Milwaukee Synod (St. Andrew in Racine is the other) to be a part of the pilot of this program. At the September council meeting, Sandy Strini presented results of the WE Energies walk-through of the church, citing a number of ways that we can be more energy efficient. Sandy also presented the invitation to be a part of the Lutherans Restoring Congregation program, which the council approved. The $100 cost of the program has been donated by an Emmaus member, and Sandy has agreed to head up the project. She now needs assistants to help with refitting lighting and working with other projects around the church.
If you are available on a one-time or an ongoing basis, please contact Sandy.
from HALO Newsletter Shelters Needs
THP Needs
For questions on the THP needs, please contact Rachel Burmm (633-3235, ext. 105) or Mark Weitkum (633-3235, ext. 109).
Recycle Tech Products at Church We now recycle used computer ink cartridges. Look for the container on the table in the narthex. We also recycle batteries, cell phones and CFL light bulbs. Containers for these items are also in the narthex. By the back door is a receptacle for plastic bags which are used by the Northside Food Pantry.
Please save your aluminum cans. Next to the back door is a huge container for cans. The cans are taken to the recycling center on High Street for cash. The cash from recycled cans goes for designated projects at the church. Please, no tin foil. Remove cans from plastic bags and put the cans in the large trash bags in the cans. Thank you. Note: the green container by the back door is for plastic bags which are used by the Northside Food Pantry.
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