IPL recognizes the 150 congregations who entered IPL’s Cool Congregations Challenge for 2023. IPL acknowledges the good work these CHANGEMAKERS are doing to care for our Sacred Earth. As a group, they have prevented 1300 TONS of carbon emissions annually!
Together they are building the world we all want to live in. A big thank you from IPL and future generations who will thrive in the world you are creating.
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All Saints Episcopal Church | New Albany | OH |
Battlefield Farm/New Harvest Fellowship | Knoxville | TN |
Brea Congregational UCC Church | Brea | CA |
First Congregational Church Eugene | Eugene | Or |
First-Plymouth Congregational Church, United Church of Christ | Lincoln | NE |
Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist | Prescott | AZ |
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas | Little Rock | AR |
Mid Kentucky Presbytery | Louisville | KY |
Northeast United Church of Christ | Lincoln | NE |
Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | Fond du Lac | WI |
St John’s Episcopal Church | Minneapolis | MN |
St. Anthony Parish – Sacramento | Sacramento | CA |
St. Johns UCC | Syracuse | NE |
Tabernacle Baptist Church | Dermott | AR |
Temple Beth Elohim | Wellesley | MA |
Temple Isaiah | Los Angeles | CA |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta | Atlanta | GA |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lake County | Eustis | FL |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County | Lincroft | NJ |
United Methodist Church of Berea | Berea | OH |
United Methodist Church of Kent | Kent | WA |
Winchester Unitarian Society | Winchester | MA |
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All Saints Episcopal Church | New Albany | OH |
Battlefield Farm/New Harvest Fellowship | Knoxville | TN |
Brea Congregational UCC Church | Brea | CA |
First Congregational Church Eugene | Eugene | OR |
First-Plymouth Congregational Church, United Church of Christ | Lincoln | NE |
Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist | Prescott | AZ |
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas | Little Rock | AR |
Mid Kentucky Presbytery | Louisville | KY |
Northeast United Church of Christ | Lincoln | NE |
Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | Fond du Lac | WI |
St John’s Episcopal Church | Minneapolis | MN |
St. Anthony Parish – Sacramento | Sacramento | CA |
St. Johns UCC | Syracuse | NE |
Tabernacle Baptist Church | Dermott | AR |
Temple Beth Elohim | Wellesley | MA |
Temple Isaiah | Los Angeles | CA |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta | Atlanta | GA |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lake County | Eustis | FL |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County | Lincroft | NJ |
United Methodist Church of Berea | Berea | OH |
United Methodist Church of Kent | Kent | WA |
Winchester Unitarian Society | Winchester | MA |
In addition, these congregations also applied for the Cool Planner category:
Antelope Park Church of the Brethren, Lincoln, Nebraska
St. Louis Catholic Church, Tallahassee, Florida
West Concord Union Church, Concord, Massachusetts
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Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
Beulah Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
Cedar Ridge Camp | Louisville | KY |
First Presbyterian Church | Conway | AR |
First Presbyterian Church Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | KY |
Highland Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
Hopewell Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
Penney Memorial Church | Penney Farms | FL |
Second Presbyterian Church | Little Rock | AR |
Springdale Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
Springdale Presbyterian Church | Louisville | KY |
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church | Indianapolis | IN |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta | Atlanta | GA |
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Ascension Lutheran Church | South Burlington | VT |
Beth Jacob Congregation | Mendota Heights | MN |
Bethany Christian Church – Daryl Lauber | Lincoln | NE |
Bethlehem United Methodist Church | Moneta | VA |
Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal | Knoxville | TN |
First Baptist Church, Morehead | Morehead | KY |
First Congregational UCC Moorhead | Moorhead | MN |
First Presbyterian Church | Conway | AR |
First United Methodist Church of Westborough | Westborough | MA |
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas | Little Rock | AR |
Highland Presbyterian Church | Maryville | TN |
Rockville United Church | Rockville | MD |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet | St. Louis | MO |
St John The Evangelist Catholic Church & School | Hapeville | GA |
St. Francis Springs | Stoneville | NC |
Unitarian Church of Barnstable | Barnstable | MA |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County | Lincroft | NJ |
United Methodist Church for All People | Columbus | OH |
Unity North Atlanta CHurch | Marietta | GA |
Village Presbyterian Church | Prairie Village | KS |
Westminster Presbyterian Church Nashville | Nashville | TN |
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Ascension Lutheran Church | South Burlington | VT |
Atlanta Friends Meeting | Decatur | GA |
Congregation Beth Israel | Media | PA |
Emmanuel Episcopal | Hastings | MI |
First Congregational Church Guilford | Guilford | CT |
First Presbyterian Church | Haddonfield | NJ |
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County | Reading | PA |
Galilee Lutheran Church | Kelseyville | CA |
Gethsemane Lutheran Church | Hopkins | MN |
Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist | Prescott | AZ |
Open Door Churches of Salem Oregon Oregon | Salem | OR |
Prince of Peace Lutheran | Appleton | WI |
St. Anthony Parish – Sacramento | Sacramento | CA |
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church | Ardmore | PA |
Temple Beth David of Westwood | Westwood | MA |
Temple Beth Sholom | Salem | OR |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lake County | Eustis | FL |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County | Lincroft | NJ |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley | Kingston Township | PA |
Unitarian Universalists of Santa Fe | Santa Fe | NM |
University Presbyterian Church San Antonio | San Antonio | TX |
Washington Hebrew Congregation | Washington | DC |
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Abernethy United Methodist Church | Asheville | NC |
All Saints Episcopal Church | New Albany | OH |
Atlanta Friends Meeting | Decatur | GA |
Beargrass Christian Church | Louisville | KY |
Benedictine Sisters of Erie | Erie | PA |
Bethany Christian Church | Lincoln | NE |
Bethel Presbyterian Church | Kingston | TN |
Bethlehem United Methodist Church | Moneta | VA |
Birmingham Unitarian Church | Bloomfield Hills | MI |
Christ United Methodist Church | Kettering | OH |
Christ United Methodist Church | Lincoln | NE |
Church of the Ascension Roman Catholic Church | Virginia Beach | VA |
Church of the Ascension Silver Spring | Silver Spring | MD |
Congregational United Church of Christ | Greensboro | NC |
Edwards Church, United Church of Christ | Framingham | MA |
Epiphany United Church of Christ | St. Louis | MO |
Faith Lutheran Church of Castro Valley | Castro Valley | CA |
First Congregational Church Guilford | Guilford | CT |
First Congregational UCC Moorhead | Moorhead | MN |
First Presbyterian Church | Elizabethton | TN |
First Presbyterian Church | Clarksville | TN |
First Presbyterian Church | Hastings | NE |
Grace Church in the Mountains | Waynesville | NC |
Hopwood Memorial Christian Church | Milligan College | TN |
Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation | San Antonio | TX |
King of Peace Episcopal | Kingsland | GA |
Lakewood United Church of Christ | Lakewood | CO |
Little Falls First Presbyterian | Little Falls | NY |
Merrick Jewish Centre | Merrick | NY |
New Providence Presbyterian Church | Maryville | TN |
Northern Hills United Methodist Church | San Antonio | TX |
Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church | Crofton | MD |
Reformed Church of Holland | Hickman | NE |
Rockville United Church | Rockville | MD |
Sacred Heart Catholic Church | Omaha | NE |
Saint Andrew Christian Church | Olathe | KS |
Saint Paul United Methodist Church | Lincoln | NE |
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill | Greensburg | PA |
Southwood Lutheran | Lincoln | NE |
St. George’s Episcopal Church | Fredericksburg | VA |
St. John Neumann Catholic Church | Lilburn | GA |
St. John XXIII Catholic Community | Albuquerque | NM |
St. Matthew Lutheran Church | Itasca | IL |
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church | Helena | MT |
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Chattanooga | TN |
St. Thomas More Catholic Church | Oceanside | CA |
Taftsville Chapel Mennonite Fellowship | Taftsville | VT |
Temple Emanu-El of Greater Atlanta | Sandy Springs | GA |
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin | Davis | CA |
The Grove United Methodist Church | Woodbury | MN |
Trinity Episcopal Church | Charlottesville | VA |
Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro, GA | Statesboro | GA |
Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock | Little Rock | AR |
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills | Somerville | NJ |
Unitarian Universalists of Santa Fe | Santa Fe | NM |
Unity North Atlanta Church | Marietta | GA |
Vine Congregational, United Church of Christ | Lincoln | NE |