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Georgetown Gospel Chapel
Seattle, WA

The Chapel has “adopted” their street. Not only do they keep it litter-free, but they’ve also distributed hundreds of tree seedlings to residents there. The trees greatly help to enhance beauty, air quality, and habitat for other creatures.

Chapel members and neighbors have many opportunities to learn more about caring for creation through adult study times, an after school program for neighborhood children, sermons, and the Chapel’s basement library. The Library offers both faith-based materials and those from local governmental and environmental programs. The Chapel also serves as the repository for publicly accessible documents related to the cleanup of a neighboring Superfund site and a brownfield. This accessibility allows neighbors to know about the cleanup processes and empowers them to work with government agencies and local businesses to help carry out the processes. The Chapel is recognized as a “Greening Congregations Partner” with Earth Ministry, an organization that seeks to help connect Christian faith with care and justice for all creation.

Adapted from Earth Ministry’s website

Contact person: Pastor Leroy Hedman at
d-hedman@juno.com