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| Volunteers from Samford University have fun planting at Greater Shiloh |
Planting day finally arrived! After a long time waiting for the average last frost date to pass, we were finally able to put some seeds and seedlings into the ground! CSM, Greater Shiloh and the new garden at True Vine in Inglenook were all planted on Saturday April 16th with a whole lot of help from our friends! We had nearly a hundred volunteers from boy scouts, Samford University, mentor programs and individuals all come out to help us to prepare and plant these different community gardens! We worked to connect with groups from both Greater Shiloh and True Vine to come alongside of our volunteer groups to bring in the people that will be using and maintaining these gardens throughout the growing season. Both churches provided volunteer help from their members to assist in the planting of seeds, weeding of beds and cleaning up their garden areas. Many thanks to all that have helped to plant and as we learn from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, "Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth." So we can all continue to pray that the Lord will keep providing for each of these incredible ministries and their gardens!
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| Volunteers planting at Greater Shiloh garden |
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Volunteers from: Pretty Young Girls (a teenage mentoring program),
Samford men's group, Samford Delta Sigma Theta,
and Aspire (an adult/teen mentoring program) |
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Volunteers from: Samford Sigma Chi, Independent Presbyterian Church,
Boy Scout Troop, the Pryor family, and the Junior League of Birmingham |
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| Volunteers planting at Inglenook community garden |
