Perched on a hill overlooking the countryside, a little historic church is going green in a unique way.
The cemetery at St. James Anglican Church is poised to offer green burials in the community thanks to the efforts of parishioner Gerald Beavan, 78. Mr. Beavan, who came to Canada from England in 1974, said his grandparents were buried in simple pine boxes without all the additions of modern funerals. He wants to offer that simple, environmentally friendly type of burial to a community he has called home since 1978. He came up with the idea to create a place in the church’s cemetery for green burials about five years ago, he said.
“The idea is you go back to the old way of burial,” said Mr. Beavan.
this is fabulous! i wish churches would do this here. i love the thought of being buried in a church yard along with other Christians in the old way.