Greetings garden friends!
Praise God for all the many ways He has blessed our garden
ministry! This year has been filled with
many blessings of hope as we discern the future sustainability of our garden
ministry according to God’s plan and purpose.
He has led many new families to our garden filled with a passionate
desire to care for His creation and shared love for His kingdom through their
stewardship, inspiration, and financial support. Our workdays have been rockin’ with lots of
folks enjoying their hour (or more!) tending to the garden tasks tallied. This past Saturday marked a record attendance
of 33 stewards not including all the kids!
Our harvests have been overflowing as well and have been shared
abundantly with S.A.F.E and soon to our new CSA sponsored families as mentioned below. All thanks be to God!
We are excited to begin offering a trial
of 10 CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) for the summer (12 weeks) to our
neighbors in need (Backpack Ministry and SAFE) with the first pickup date of
6/11. The price for the weekly (full share) "Box of Blessings" of garden produce consisting
of 7-8 items (with recipes and tips) will be $300 in which we seek sponsors to
provide only 1/2 of the cost ($150) with a matching donation already
provided for by an anonymous "angel". The food recipients will
be asked to pick up their boxes during garden hours and encouraged to grow with
us...to "taste and see that the Lord is good!"
We are thankful for God's leading of our continued reaching out to our community by providing fresh produce to many as well as a means to help sustain our garden with funding for future plantings and leadership. Please prayerfully consider sponsoring one of the 10 CSAs and/or share this request with your friends, neighbors, and co-workers.. If all goes well (and we have faith that "it WILL!"), we will be offering additional CSAs for the fall season to include anyone that wishes to buy in for themselves a weekly box (full shares/7-8 items and half shares/4-5 items) of fresh garden produce!
We are thankful for God's leading of our continued reaching out to our community by providing fresh produce to many as well as a means to help sustain our garden with funding for future plantings and leadership. Please prayerfully consider sponsoring one of the 10 CSAs and/or share this request with your friends, neighbors, and co-workers.. If all goes well (and we have faith that "it WILL!"), we will be offering additional CSAs for the fall season to include anyone that wishes to buy in for themselves a weekly box (full shares/7-8 items and half shares/4-5 items) of fresh garden produce!
We are also thankful for our new summer interns! Garrett Rea and Taylor Smith have already planted roots in the
garden through the sharing of their labor and love for the Lord with our garden
family, at S.A.F.E. on Tuesday mornings,
and many discussions of our future garden plans.
Thank you all for your love and support of our garden
ministry. It WILL be good!
Blessings,
Donna Poe
Garden
Coordinator
