An Evening with Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

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In October 2019 Beaches-East York re-elected Nathaniel Erskine-Smith to the Parliament of Canada. Before the election, faith communities in Beaches-East York organized a Candidates Meeting to raise issues important to people of faith: the Environment (especially the climate crisis), growing Inequality of access to the resources needed to sustain life and Health Care.

On Thursday, February 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith will be at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church at 2423 Queen Street East to speak about his priorities as a Member of Parliament and how he will contribute to the minority government. Representatives of faith communities will lead a dialogue with Nathaniel about the issues we raised in the Candidates Meeting. Everyone is invited to attend to hear the dialogue and to ask about other issues that concern them.

*Please note that the event will be held at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church.

Beach United Enrolls in Bullfrog Power Program; Takes Another Important Step to Reduce Carbon Footprint

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Good news! Beach United Church is taking another step to reduce its carbon footprint!  We are enrolling in a program offered by Bullfrog Power https://www.bullfrogpower.com to offset our purchases of natural gas with an equivalent amount of methane. The methane is produced from the decay of biomass materials in a ” bio-digester” and injected into the pipeline system.

At BUC we are currently burning nearly 6,000 cubic meters of natural gas annually. By offsetting this combustion of natural gas with the purchase of methane, we would help avoid extracting natural gas from the earth.  In this way, we reduce our carbon footprint.

The BUC community, have taken seriously our commitment, as stated in The New Creed, “to live with respect in creation”. More must be done. We are not helpless; we have the power to take actions, both individually and collectively, to nurture life on earth. 

Come and join the Environmental Action Group on Tuesday, November 26 at 7 pm in the BUC office and be part of the next steps to address the climate crisis.  Together we can make a difference!

Contact Minister, Karen Dale at karen@beachuc.com for more details.