Loading...The "Green Team" at the Church of the Ascensions, Frankfort is making plans to host participation in the 9th annual "I Love Mountains Day" at the Kentucky State Capitol of Frankfort on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 11th and 12th. The annual event is sponsored by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light. In the morning, members and groups will meet with lawmakers at the capitol. At noon marchers will gather to march from the Kentucky River to the capitol steps, and rally on the capitol steps.
On Tuesday before the rally, at 7 pm, The Church of the Ascension, Frankfort will host the Kentucky Chautauqau presentation of Lilley Cornett: A Voice for the Forest. David Hurt will portray Lilley Cornett, who as a coal minder in Letcher County in the early 1900s, purchased about 500 acres of uncut old growth forest, and over the years resisted all attempts to log or mine the property. The property is now Lilley Cornett Woods, the largest piece of old growth forest in the state of Kentucky. The Chautauqau event is free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, February 12th, the green team of the Church of the Ascension, Frankfort will participate in the I Love Mountains march to the capitol. Any other church groups interested in joining in the march at 12 noon are welcome to stage at the Church of the Ascension on Wednesday.
For more information, call the Rev. Jerry Cappel, Province IV Environmental Network coordinator at (502) 541-8278
