... promotes programs that better enable parishioners and our parish to better use our resources and meet our obligations. 

Thank you to all who have pledged your financial support to the 2010 operating budget.  If you travel during the year, please make arrangements to sustain the ongoing ministries of your church. 

Thank you to all who have pledged your financial support to the 2010 operating budget.  If you travel during the year, please make arrangements to sustain the ongoing ministries of your church. 

Offering Envelopes are a convenient reminder of our commitments to tithe and make offerings. 

I have been using online bill pay through my bank for a couple of years.  At first it started as a matter of convenience.  At my best, I write a check to the church whenever I receive a paycheck.  In practice, I usually forget to write a check until I am at church and rarely have my checkbook with me. 

... established to develop and enhance Parish properties and ministries beyond what is possible through annual operating contributions by encouraging planned giving. 

Saint Michael’s Earth Ministry Group seeks to reduce our church’s carbon footprint and to bring good environmental practices to the life of our congregation. 

Blue containers are positioned throughout our building to receive paper and most plastics for city pick-up.
 
We reuse cups from our Sunday morning coffee hour. There is a station in the parish hall for cleaning and storing the mugs or cups. 

We are working in a variety of ways to evaluate our parish resource use, provide education and tools for expanding earth stewardship and take action for change where needed. 

A CSA is a way to buy a share of a local farm's production before the growing season.