New Canadian and New Gardener weeding.
Community Gardening: A Family Affair
Dark Leaf Basil.
The 1st lesson I have learned from being involved in serving our community through a Community Garden is that lawns are a waste.
Lawn's waste the most precious terrestrial resource church's have... their volunteer's time. Especially in this epoch of church history, well manicured lawns are not the "draw" or the sign that this is a "welcoming church" that we like to believe them to be. Especially to younger people. They see them as a sign that you care a lot about your community image without a thought for the needs of those around you... they wonder... will you care for me and my family or just care that we are coming to your church?
So tear up a corner of your lot this fall. Put some stakes around it. And get ready to start your community garden in the late winter/early spring of 2014.
Isaiah 40:7-8
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the Lord blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.
A helpful reminder from Isaiah that as beautiful as all these are and as important as we all deem ourselves to be... God and His Word are of ultimate value and true longevity.
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