Have our group organize a drive to ask congregants if they would like to have their pronouns printed on their nametags. Make sure our church and Art Camp registrations are gender-neutral and have a space to state pronouns.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Cultivating Communities
Go on a plalk in our neighborhood
Have the group go on a plalk to collect litter down the main street our church is located on.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Balancing Consumption
Support sustainable fashion by shopping used
Go on a charity shopping field trip to purchase specific items needed by the Clothes for Kids free store in our neighborhood and donate those clothes.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Nourishing Food
Plan and serve a plant-based meal for the parish
Take on the planning and implementation of our Ingathering brunch buffet, making it all plant-based.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Nourishing Food
Advocate for healthy school lunches
Research the ingredients of chocolate milk served at various local schools, then write to the school district asking they improve the quality of the product or remove it from the menu.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Regenerating Nature
Farm Field Trip
Organize our youth group to go to a local farm and ask about their sustainablity practices and how climate change has affected them
COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION
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St. Gabriel the Archangel’s Jr. Youth Group made apple cake and pumpkin bread on Sunday to prepare for our plant-based Ingathering Brunch next Sunday, Oct. 30th after the 10:00 am service. They even had fun washing dishes!
Our Sr. Youth group had a speaker who teaches gender equity come speak to them about our Pronoun Project, and how to bring the subject to light in our congregation.
Both Sr. and Jr. Youth groups and families went to Wellspring Farm to learn about their sustainability practices and the effect climate change has had on their farm.
We met and watched videos about the pros and cons of serving chocolate milk in schools, and compared our research. We did a plant-based vs dairy chocolate milk taste test.
On Sunday, September 25th (we started early) St. Gabriel the Archangel's Youth group went on a plalk down a busy street next to the church. We picked up 4 bags of litter in compostable bags.
On Sunday, September 18th (we started early) St. Gabriel the Archangel's Youth group shopped at Goodwill for specific used clothing for kids requested by a local free store run by our school district. We donated 42 pairs of pre-owned children's pants to the charity.
