Liturgy
Liturgy: developing both routine and special elements to services, marking the seasons, and holding services outdoors (see Module 2 on http://www.ecocongregation.org/englandwales)
- CEL provides a really excellent
daily prayer guide online or hard copy by post - They also do
sermon notes on the readings for every Sunday - European Christian Environmental Network has
worship material for 'Creation Time' (the weeks of September and early October) - A Rocha UK produces
worship material annually for Environment Sunday, the first Sunday in June - The Arthur Rank Centre has some archived services for traditional country services (look for rural worship resources)
- Encourage burial (cremation is quite polluting: about 11% of the UK's dioxins and15% of mercury come from crematoria, apart from the carbon dioxide from the body, coffin and fuel) and green coffins e.g. www.eco-coffins.com and http://www.funeralsearch.co.uk/coffin-cover.php
There are a number of woodland burial sites, some with good relationships to the diocese
- The Arbory Trust in Barton (office in Bishop Woodford House) http://www.arborytrust.org/
- Brinkley Woodland at Six Mile Bottom http://www.countryside-burials.co.uk/
- Muchwood at Ramsey http://www.muchwoodburials.co.uk/
- Others nearby include:
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Countryside Burials Ltd
The Old Courts, 147 All Saints Road
Newmarket
Suffolk CB8 8HH
Tel: 01638 600693 - Fletton Cemetery
Eastfield Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
Tel: 01733 262639 - Colney Woodland Burial Park
Watton Road
Colney
Norwich
Norfolk NR4 7TY
Tel: 01603 811556 - Norse Road Cemetery
104 Norse Road
Bedford
Bedfordshire MK41 0RL
Tel: 01234 353701
On green funerals generally, you might look at:
- http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk/green-funerals.html
- http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/
- http://www.funeralsearch.co.uk/woodlands.php
- http://www.nativewoodland.co.uk/
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