Congratulations to Clonakilty Methodist Church for receiving the first award to be made by Eco Congregation Ireland, since its inception in 2005. The award, given in recognition of the excellence in making and celebrating the link between the environment and faith, was presented to the Rev John Purdy and the Society Steward, Grace Kingston , at the Rev Purdy’s final service in Clonakilty on June 29th, by Natasha Harty (Soc of Friends representative of ECI) and Sr Margaret Twomey (Pairc an Tobair Environmental Project, Roscarberry), one of the assessors.
St Moluas, Stormont,is already an award winner, having been part of the original pilot scheme set up in 2000 by CTBI.