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		<title>Saving money while helping the environment? Yes, it’s possible!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>You and your congregations care about the environment, and many of you are worried about costs, especially since oil and gas prices went up significantly this past year. When I visit congregations with the Bishop, I often meet people who might not currently be in leadership, but are willing to help take on a project [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1">You and your congregations care about the environment, and many of you are worried about costs, especially since oil and gas prices went up significantly this past year. When I visit congregations with the Bishop, I often meet people who might not currently be in leadership, but are willing to help take on a project to address both of these issues.</p>
<p class="p2">The good news is that it is possible to help the environment, while saving money. And there is some financial support available. Churches across Canada are taking responsibility for their own buildings. They can also show their members how to get involved and how to share the environmental good news with their neighbours.</p>
<p class="p2">What is the path? Switch over to electricity but use heat pumps (air-source or geothermal) instead of baseboard heaters or electric furnaces in order to use 3-5 times less electricity. If your church (or home) uses fuel oil, there are significant grants available, because this eliminates large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs).</p>
<p class="p2">The combination of heat pump efficiency, low electricity prices and high, unpredictable oil and gas prices offsets the price of equipment. Loans are often available from the diocese (apply through the vicar general).</p>
<p class="p2">Congregations in Ste-Agathe, Greenfield Park, St Jax and the Cathedral have moved to heat pumps, and Dorval installed geothermal heating years ago. Sutton and Rawdon are currently exploring this option.</p>
<p class="p2">Electrifying is harder to do for churches with hot water heating; register your church with us as we do case studies and identify options for reducing your GHGs.</p>
<p class="p2">Once a congregation changes its furnace (and now benefits from summer air conditioning!), they can expand their impact by helping their members to do the same with their own heating systems. (Even tenants can successfully encourage their landlords to change systems and save money). Then those members have one more reason to interact with their neighbours, as they share good news for the environment and how God’s Good News motivates them to care for God’s creation.</p>
<p class="p1">Visit www.netzerochurches.ca.</p>
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		<title>Le nouveau site web fait ses preuves! (Une vraie histoire)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Gibson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark Gibson est le co-fondateur de la CMAQ Imaginez que vous êtes une anglicane, arrivée de l’Amérique latine comme demandeuse d’asile au Québec avec quelques membres de votre famille. Vous parlez espagnol. Le gouvernement vous fournit des classes de français pour vous aider dans votre intégration. Vous vous y appliquez, mais ça prend du temps, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Mark Gibson est le co-fondateur de la CMAQ</em></p>
<p>Imaginez que vous êtes une anglicane, arrivée de l’Amérique latine comme demandeuse d’asile au Québec avec quelques membres de votre famille. Vous parlez espagnol. Le gouvernement vous fournit des classes de français pour vous aider dans votre intégration. Vous vous y appliquez, mais ça prend du temps, malgré vos efforts et votre intelligence évidente.<br />
Vous êtes heureuse de trouver qu’il y a une église anglicane à quelques kilomètres de chez vous. Vous appelez et vous leur rendez visite, mais non seulement est-ce que personne ne parle espagnol, il semble que c’est difficile de trouver quelqu’un qui parle français. Quelqu’un vous pointe vers une communauté chrétienne évangélique avec des personnes qui parlent espagnol. Les membres vous offrent un soutien exceptionnel pendant une période très difficile.<br />
Mais l’Église anglicane continue à vous manquer. Finalement, après un an de recherche, vous repérez la (toute nouvelle) adresse web fr.montreal.anglican.ca. Dans la liste des communautés, vous identifiez une communauté orientée spécifiquement pour les nouveaux arrivants comme vous. Ça se passe sur Zoom. Vous vous branchez au groupe de discussion. Dans votre français cassé, vous essayez de vous introduire et de connaitre un peu quelle est cette communauté.<br />
À la fin de la rencontre, ayant bénéficié de beaucoup de sourires d’encouragement lors de vos efforts pour vous expliquer, vous êtes épuisée, mais enthousiaste. Peut-être que vous avez trouvé votre famille chrétienne québécoise? Pour de plus amples informations, visitez fr.montreal.anglican.ca</p>
<p>Google has found the diocese’s new French website, and because of it, at least one person has found and connected with one of our congregations. If you meet French-speakers who are interested in worshiping or learning with Anglicans, remember to mention the site at fr.montreal.anglican.ca.</p>
<p>Because the diocese does not have the personnel to maintain two online resource libraries for our members (French and English), please continue to refer to the main site at montreal.anglican.ca for all French versions of forms, handbooks, committee information and Synod documents. Veuillez noter que les formulaires, guides, rapports et documents pour synode vont continuer à être présentés sur le site anglais, en offrant un lien vers une version française si elle existe.</p>
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