New Bicycle Parking – An invitation to Ride Your Bike to Church

by Ray Vargas
In celebration of Earth Day and our church’s advocacy and commitment to a Green Sanctuary, new bicycle parking in the shape of “inverted-U’s” has been installed along the exterior east wall of the sanctuary.
Offering eight spaces, with additional parking located by the children’s playground, the bike parking allows members and visitors a convenient way to help heal our Earth and further the Seventh Principle of our Unitarian Universalist faith: The interdependent web of all existence.
Riding a bicycle or walking instead of using an automobile just once a week, reduces one’s CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by 20%!
The health benefits of riding a bike or walking are boundless, and can be enjoyed by people of all ages, physical abilities, or athletic ambitions. Riders remark how they experience the world in a whole new way. Whether to help unburden, even liberate thought and spirit, cycling can be uplifting and healing.
The new bicycle parking station is from members Terry Spragg, in memory of his wife Gina, and Ray Vargas.
This project was made possible by the 7th Principle Environmental Action Team and the B & G Committee.