church garden 2020
church garden ready for 2020 The church garden is in good shape. Hopefully, by the time these vegetables are ready to beharvested, Open Door will be up and running again!
Category: eco
Earth Hour 2020
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harvest – creation in our care
harvest – creation in our care This year, our “creation in our care” service (on 22nd September) was led by a group of members. The themes for the service were 4 elements of God’s creation:– air (God’s spirit energising our …
Back to Our Roots
Back to Our Roots – a meal organised by the Eco Group, highlighting Earth Hour Friday 29th March 2019 Can you see the Earth Hour poster in the background and the Sunday Gang poster reminding us that we can all …
Out of Africa meal
Out of Africa, 28th Sept 2018 Out of Africa, on 29th September, was an evening of good food and company – colourful kangas on the tables and David T. got a round of applause for wearing his kaftan, embroidered by …
SPC to disinvest from fossil fuels
SPC to disinvest from fossil fuels Following the General Assembly’s decision to continue to “engage” with fossil fuel companies, despite this policy being ineffective in persuading them to change their strategy, the Kirk Session and Congregational Board have agreed to …
Silver eco-award presentation – Feb 2018
Silver eco-award presentation – Feb 2018 On Feb 18th, 2018, we were privileged to have a visit from Mary Sweetland, chair of Eco-congregation Scotland, who had come to present our silver eco-award plaque. The award was made back in September, …
Fareshare
Fareshare Three of us from Open Door visited Fareshare in Edinburgh last week to meet the Cyrenian staff and volunteers who work hard to process tons of good food destined otherwise for the dump. We were able to have a …
Have you got the bottle?
Have you got the bottle? At the Earth Hour service on March 25th, we all had the chance to sign this petition. Our letters were delivered to Rosanna Cunningham. We were pleased to hear subsequently that work on how a …