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Fifth Annual GIPL Awards
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2010
The Fifth Annual GIPPY's took place on Tuesday,
February 15. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this
celebration of Creation care in Georgia. We had a great turnout and
enjoyed seeing you all, meeting lots of new people, and hearing about
how your congregations have promoted creation care over the past year.
In case you were not able to join us last
night, here are the congregations that took home trophies:
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Each year, the GIPPY's honors congregations
that have shown creativity and determination in incorporating creation
care in all aspects of congregational life. The 2009 GIPPY's were held
on February 18, 2010. at the Temple on Peachtree St.
An introduction was provided by Ceasar C.
Mitchell - Atlanta City Council President,
who is shown
above receiving
a
certificate from GIPL Board member
Renee
Kastanakis.
GIPL
Awards 2009 -
Peggy Barlett, Keynote Speaker from Bill Monk on Vimeo.
Peggy Barlett, the Goodrich C. White
Professor of Anthropology at Emory University, provided the keynote
address.
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And the Winners
Are...
The Power
Award
Episcopal Church of the Holy
Trinity
Alexis Chase presents the Power Award to The
Reverend Bill Deneke and
Bill Clark of Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church,
Decatur.
The Light Award
All
Saints Episcopal Church
Marti Breen and Martha McMillan from All Saints
Episcopal Church, Atlanta receive the
Light Award
from Alexis Chase and Katie Preston.
2009
GIPL Awards -
Light Award from Bill Monk on Vimeo.
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The Trailblazer
Award
The Episcopal Church of the Holy
Comforter
May C. Brown from the Episcopal
Church of Holy Comforter, Atlanta
accepts the Trailblazer
Award from GIPL Executive Director, Alexis Chase.
GIPL Awards 2009 -
Trailblazer Award from Bill Monk on Vimeo.
Ministry of the Year
Award
Ebenezer Baptist
Church
Members from Ebenezer Baptist Church display
their Ministry of the Year Award.
GIPL
Awards 2009 -
Ministry of the Year Award from Bill Monk on Vimeo.
The
2008 GIPPYs were a
huge success!!! Angela Speir-Phelps gave an inspiring keynote address
and call to action, and Antioch Baptist Church North was honored for
their work in initiating the low-income light-bulb swap program that
has now been done by several other congregations. And then the time
came for the GIPPYs themselves, as we honored several congregations who
have shown initiative and creativity in incorporating creation care
into the life of their congregations.
And the
winners are:
The Power
AwardTemple Sinai
The
Light AwardHaygood Memorial United Methodist
Church
The Trailblazer
AwardNorthwest Unitarian Universalist
Congregation
Congregation of the
YearGlenn Memorial United Methodist
Church
The second Georgia Interfaith Power &
Light awards (the GIPPYs) were awarded on October 18, 2007! We had a
wonderful and inspiring keynote speaker in Dr. Michael Battle,
president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, who spoke
about that institutions commitment to Theo-Ecology and a move toward a
new Eden.
And the winners are:
The Power
Award
Northside United Methodist
Church
The Light
Award
All Souls
Fellowship
Congregation of the
Year
Episcopal Church of the
Epiphany
Congregations Also
Honored
Antioch Baptist Church North, Decatur
Presbyterian Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and Peachtree
Baptist Church.
Individual
Honorees
Rabbi Frederick Reeves, Rev. Dr.
Gerald Durley, Kat Stratton, Shane Totten, Dan May, and Renee
Kastanakis
Rev. Cynthia Hizer, Anne Rowles,
and Brenda Lloyd accept the
Congregation of the Year
Award for the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
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The first Georgia Interfaith
Power & Light awards were a great success! We had a fabulous
evening with inspiring messages from Rev. Sally Bingham, co-founder of
Interfaith Power & Light, and Dr. Heidi Cullen, from the
Weather Channel.
And the winners are:
The
Power Award
Trinity Presbyterian
Church
The
Light Award
Congregation Bet
Haverim
The
Trailblazer Award
Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of Atlanta
Congregation of the
Year
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church
Woody Bartlett presenting the
Trailblazer Award to representatives
of the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of Atlanta
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