Recycle - Reduce - Reuse

St. John Lutheran's GREEN TEAM “Saint John desires that humans and all life live in harmony and preserve the earth for future generations. Our immediate goal is to become a congregation that intentionally works toward healing creation.” email us:  greenteam2700@yahoo.com

Green Team Members Jeremy Bader Shelly Berndt Jackie Burkat Larry Frazier Tim Groff Greg Hohn Patti Hohn Toni Miller Pastor Jen More Green Team Links www.webofcreation.org

Note to Congregation: In our short existence it has become clear to us our mission is twofold.  While this is not our official mission statement at this time, we are charged not only with saving Saint John money but also to God's call of  "Earthkeeping." Please continue to check this website as our page will be updated regularly.  If you have any questions, comments or concerns you can email us or speak with any of the Green Team members.                        Tip of the Month:   Before you print, change your settings to draft instead of best to save ink.                                             Recycle or refill your ink cartridges GREEN TEAM NOTICES St. John is printing fewer bulletins each Sunday - Please share bulletins with your family.  We are trying to save money by conserving paper and copier supplies. Friday is e-mail day!  The church office will email IMPORTANT Congregational news or updates just like we would the montly Communique.  This will only be used for news that affects the whole congregation, not just a select group.  The messages must first be brought to Pastor BEFORE the message is to be e-mailed.  We do not want to misuse this privilege Paperless Communique Coming in June - As of June 1, 2009 in addition to the paper copy, we will e-mail the Communique to the approximately 150 e-mail addresses we have collected.  If you receive the Communique in June via e-mail, then in July you will only receive it via e-mail  If you would prefer to receive the Communique in paper format again for July, please reply to Shelly  "Opting out from the e-mailed Communique" by June 15th.  If you would like to continue via e-mail in July, you need to do nothing and the paper will stop. If you have no e-mail address or did not submit one to the church office you will continue to receive the paper copy. Please submit your e-mail address to the church office by April 30th if you would like to go paperless. We are collecting E-mail addresses from all of our St. John families!  The Green Team would like to e-mail as much church mailings as possible to our members.  The email will NOT be used for anything but church related information.   If you have recently given your email address to the church office and it is printed in the church directory, you do not have to give it to us again.  Thank you for your cooperation. Recycling Update -The Village of Ashwaubenon has provided us with a recycle container and will be picking up St. John's recycling with the garbage collection at no extra cost. PREVIOUS MONTHLY TIPS:                              Remember to turn out lights in rooms and especially bathrooms that are not in use at church!   -back to top- DID YOU KNOW???? We recycle roughly 100lbs of paper a week!! It costs St. John $90 to buy paper cups, the same amount of foam cups that we used to buy cost only $17.00 Enough sunlight hits the surface of the earth in 1 hour to power the entire world for year! -back to top- DONATIONS NEEDED / WISH LIST 12oz paper cups from Sams's Club, 160ct, $12.86 for a pack of 4 sleeves. Motion detector light switches for the bathrooms and offices - See Greg Hohn. Blue recycle bins for all classrooms. -back to top-