{"id":18234,"date":"2024-11-28T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=18234"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:07:07","slug":"eco-church-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=18234","title":{"rendered":"Eco Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18234\" class=\"elementor elementor-18234\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d712d21 header e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d712d21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-445de264 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"445de264\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be51c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2be51c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">St James' Eco Church<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe9d12c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe9d12c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b56e98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b56e98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eco-church-300x300-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18293 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eco-church-300x300-1-150x150.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eco-church-300x300-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eco-church-300x300-1.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The St James\u2019 Eco Church action was initiated as a response to the climate emergency and uses the framework set out by the A Rocha Eco Church Programme to guide our church\u2019s care of God\u2019s creation. Through this scheme, we have received our bronze award for being an \u2018Eco Church\u2019 and are now working towards our Silver accreditation. For more information about the initiative visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ecochurch.arocha.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/ecochurch.arocha.org.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18250 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-300x199.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-1024x678.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-150x99.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-1536x1017.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-3309-tillingbourne-1568x1039.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At St James\u2019 we regularly take church outside and have open-air services and events when the British weather allows! We find this an easy way to gather together to appreciate the abundance of provision within our natural environment. Woodland walks and community get togethers in our wonderful village site allow us to bring the whole community together whilst appreciating the importance of the environment around us.<\/p><p>We are fortunate in the Surrey Hills to be surrounded by acres of countryside, but with that incredible blessing comes great responsibility.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18254 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-300x158.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-1024x539.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-150x79.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-768x404.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-1536x808.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20210911-abinger-roughs-1568x825.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We believe that the preservation of our natural resources, the growth of nature, the care taken to preserve our church building, the products we use and the recycling we undertake is just as important as the message that is preached. We seek every day to value, protect and care for all that God has blessed us with.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-scaled.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18252 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-300x199.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-1024x678.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-150x99.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-1536x1017.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5799-bluebells-1568x1039.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>If you would like to help with any Eco Church initiatives please do contact our Eco ambassador,\u00a0Francesca Biddle on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:francescabiddle@gmail.com\">francescabiddle@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St James&#8217; Eco Church The St James\u2019 Eco Church action was initiated as a response to the climate emergency and uses the framework set out by the A Rocha Eco Church Programme to guide our church\u2019s care of God\u2019s creation. Through this scheme, we have received our bronze award for being an \u2018Eco Church\u2019 and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=18234\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eco Church&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18234","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18234"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21141,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18234\/revisions\/21141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}