Messiah Lutheran Church hosts solar dedication event

MADISON (WKOW) — Messiah Lutheran Church hosted a solar dedication event on Sunday as it becomes the most recent church in the area to use solar power. 

Daniel O’Brien is the associate pastor at Messiah Lutheran Church. He said the 121 solar panels being installed on their roof will lower the amount of carbon emissions being put into the environment and lower the cost of their electric bill. 

“We have received some grant money to install 121 solar panels here on the roof of Messiah, as a way to cut back on our electric cost, cut back on our carbon emissions to save our community, save our planet,” O’Brien said. 

He added that it’s their way to take a step in the “right direction” to become more eco-friendly.

“I just encourage all people to consider and look into any way you can be more eco-friendly, whether it be solar energy, wind energy, or cutting back on your waste and your plastic products. Here at Messiah, we’re just taking one step at a time, trying to be as eco-conscious as we can and good stewards of our Earth,” he said.