Creation Care Commission Grant
Prior Awardees

2025 Awardees

  • Cistern for rainwater connection, trees, & shrubs, Leopold benches for prairie garden, and signage

  • Replace cam lighting in hallway.

  • Replace lighting with efficient LEDs.

  • Replace lighting with LEDs in narthex, hallways, classrooms & office


  • Replace exterior lighting with LEDs and replace three old casement windows.


  • Landscape native perennial flowers and tree in new building grounds.


  • Replace lighting in great hall, kitchen and classrooms.


  • Replace lighting in guild hall.

  • Replace lighting with efficient LEDs.

  • Replace lighting in offices, parish hall, classrooms, chapel & hallway.

  • Carbon Reduction Grant to replace lighting - 29 fixtures.

  • Replacing our 2 acre lawn with pollinator friendly clover lawn.

  • Raised garden beds, teach sustainable best practices, and provide food for local food insecure pantries.

2024 Awardees

  • Nature Contemplation Speaker and community event.

  • Comprehensive energy audit and solar panels installation.

  • Replacement of lighting around parish.


  • Replacement of lighting around parish.

  • Upgrade outdoor sign and parking lot lights.


  • Replace toilet with water-reduciton unit.

  • Replacement of lighting around parish.

  • Eco-friendly lighting retro-fit project.

2023 Awardees

  • Obtain an energy audit and continue plans for heating and cooling equipment changes, as well as converting to LED lighting in the parish Hall.


  • Travel, lodging, and stipends for two or more Creation Care Summit speakers, as well as food for the Creation Care Summit.


  • Promote sustainable gardening, reduce food waste, and improve food security by offering 3 education sessions on food preservation techniques.


  • Pollinator and Woodland Garden, as well as establish Keystone Oak planting and film series.


  • Help with the giving garden project and to create a habitat for wildlife, specifically for pollinating insects.


  • Upgrades to the Prairie on the church property.


  • Upgrade Florescent lights to LED and energy summary.


  • Parishoner gift of $20,000 for solar power.