Faithful aim to be good stewards
Central Texas congregations hear a godly call to protect the planet
By Eileen E. Flynn
AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Don't hide your light under a bushel. Especially if it's a high-energy fluorescent bulb.
That's Texas Impact Executive Director Bee Morehead's biblical message — with an ecological spin — to people of faith.

Armed with religious imperatives to be good stewards of the Earth, Morehead is urging congregations to switch to green power, swap out inefficient lighting, caulk windows, install programmable thermostats and other initiatives that will help Texas meet federal air quality standards.

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Texas Religious Leaders Ask Senator Hutchison to Support International Climate Change Talks 

AUSTIN—In anticipation of an upcoming multinational conference on climate change, more than 60 leaders of Christian denominations in Texas sent a letter to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison today expressing appreciation for recent US Senate statements on global warming and urging the Senator to support concrete steps to prevent and reduce global warming. The letter asked Senator Hutchison to “call for new US commitment to working with other nations to find global warming solutions.”

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ELCA Bishop Tiemann Calls on Congregations to Participate in Breath of Life

October, 2005

SEGUIN–Lutheran Bishop Ray Tiemann called on congregations of the Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to participate in Breath of Life.

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“Breath of Life” Helps Austin Congregations Cut Air Pollution

September 19, 2005

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