Resources to help you and your church become an Eco-Church
Resources from Arocha on Worship and Teaching, Buildings and Land
Guidance for planting a tree in a churchyard
Resources for Climate Sunday: Creation Time services
Caring for God’s Acre: Caring for Churchyards
- New Discovery Pack for Children from Caring for God’s Acre A downloadable resource with inspiring seasonal activities to help you to explore churchyards and other burial grounds with young children. From simple tree and bird id, to reflective prompts and quiz sheets. Take a look here: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Burial-Ground-Discovery-Pack-FINAL.pdf
- Advice for churchyard and burial ground managers – available in both Welsh and English. It is produced as a hardcopy that people can buy or as a free downloadable resource.
https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/action-pack/
https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/pecyn-gweithgarwch/ - These minifilms are probably the best for people to get to grips with the fuss we are making about their churchyard grass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svrNrJwEVyk - Five steps to creating an environmental plan for churchyards from Gods Acre: https://youtu.be/tVV7I52NijU
- Working with Schools – Education Pack
- Our main information for primary schools which is all linked into the National Curriculum is free to download here. We do not have printed copies of this – it has been produced as a downloadable resource only, which is handy as you can send the link to the school, and we can update it as things change!
https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/education-pack/
https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/pecyn-addysgol-mynwentydd-a-safleoedd-claddu/
We have a summary for teachers regarding the curriculum links – for schools in Wales and England https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/28-Curriculum-Links-English-and-Welsh.pdf - A minifilm about using burial grounds as classrooms for children here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKle1WJ-LOs
- Engaging the wider Community
We have a few resources on this and we cover this topic as part of the Hotspots webinars – in fact that is the topic of today’s webinar which can be booked here https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/about-us/projects/biodiversity-hotspots-across-wales/
We have a community related information sheets here https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/action-pack/action-pack-section-d-involving-people/ - We also have a simple activity sheet for children to use that we have produced as part of the Love your Burial Ground Week resources.https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LYBG-childrens-activities.pdfStarter Guides
- We can send out up to 6 hardcopies of our Starter Guides to any groups who would like to use them. To see what they are like please pop here for a digital view of one and a minifilm about them:
https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/starterguide-2/
Guidance from the Church in Wales on the Climate Change and Church Property
CADW guidance on historic buildings and renewable energy:
Church in Wales Parish Buying Scheme, with 100% UK-sourced renewable electricity
Christian Aid: Fighting global poverty
Buying Fairtrade goods: Traidcraft & Fair Trade
LOAF: Buying local, ethical, organic, fairtrade produce
Information from the Welsh Government: Prosperity for All – a Low Carbon Wales
Useful books offering advice on outdoor/forest/wild church (links to Hive.co.uk to support your local bookshop or other options when not available.)
John Stott on Creation Care – RJ Berry ISBN: 1789743648
‘This Is God’s Table: Finding Church Beyond the Walls’– Anna Woofenden
‘Earth to Earth: A Natural History of Churchyards’– Stefan Buczacki
‘Wild Worship: Discovering God through creation’– Rachel Summers
‘Forest Church: A Field guide to nature connection for groups and individuals’– Bruce Stanley
‘Outdoor Church: 20 Sessions to take Church outside the building for Children and families’– Sally Welch
‘Parables from the Pond (Ages 6-10)’– Peter A. Black