Title

The Greening of the Federated Church of Orleans

Description

The church began in 1646 – That year Pilgrim families from Plymouth Colony moved across the Bay to settle on Cape Cod, and some of the group ended up in today’s Orleans. They quickly established regular patterns of worship and fellowship, and eventually, in 1718, they built their meetinghouse on the site of today’s church – next to the cemetery, on the road to Nauset Beach.

August 2016 – The church started a new green journey. Federated Church's 10-person Care for Creation Team (aka C4C) began its work. It soon adopted the UCC “Green Congregation Challenge.” Ten months later the church had completed enough environmental-friendly steps in the Challenge’s Level One to be recognized by the UCC Mass. Conference's annual gathering as a “Green Congregation.”

Now (March 2018) – We anticipate completing enough additional steps to be recognized in June as a Level Two “Green Congregation.” We hope to complete Level Three next year!

The Greening Journey

The Federated Church of Orleans

Spatial Coverage

162 Main Street
Orleans, MA, 02653

Audience

All audiences/General public

Environmental Organization

Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative

Faith Based Organization

The Federated Church of Orleans
Faith Communities Environmental Network (FCEN)

Issues

english Energy

english Climate

english Restoration

english Hope

Relation

Faith Communities Environmental Network (FCEN)