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Joseph’s Gardens

Does your church have a commmunity garden? Now is the time to start one!

Community Gardens: Churches Find Their Local Mission

By Jason Fowler on 03/04/2011

Rising to meet the needs of local food banks, their own members and as a means of outreach to their communities- many congregations are taking the idea of local, sustainably raised food and cultivating the land as a means to enact the Gospel and the Kingdom love of Jesus….

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Videos | Tagged agriculture, Christian faith and gardening, church-based community gardens, community gardens, faith-based community gardens, Gardening, gardening as mission, going back to the land, Joseph's Gardens, justice, local food, Missional Church, missional living, Poverty, urban farming, victory gardens | 3 Responses

Can community gardens play a role in church renewal? (montage: J Fowler)

Cultivating Community In GOD’s Gardens

By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010

Adam was placed in a garden GOD planted Himself. Today GOD is again placing His people in gardens. This Christian community based agriculture can be a powerful shift in how we function as local expressions of GOD’s kingdom. These farms and gardens can serve as places of spiritual renewal…

Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Christian faith and gardening, church farm movement, church renewal, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, Creation Care, faith-based community gardens, Gardening, gardening as mission, Joseph's Gardens, Justice, spiritual formation, theology of gardening, Whole-life Christian faith | 4 Responses

Start a community garden at your church! (garden image: Christine Sine - montage: J Fowler)

Creating a Faith Based Community Garden

By Christine Sine on 04/22/2010

The contagion is spreading. America has garden fever and even faith communities are getting involved. Community gardens are springing up in church parking lots all over the country. And some urban churches have taken over vacant blocks of land that have stood empty for years or created rooftop gardens…

Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged Christian faith and gardening, Christine Sine, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, faith-based community gardens, Joseph's Gardens | 3 Responses

A Theology of Farming and Gardening [video]

By Jason Fowler on 07/13/2009

Interview with Rich Church of Winfield Farm and Fred Bahnson of Anathoth Community Garden about the meaning of the Food, Faith and Farming program at Chestnut Ridge

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Posted in Videos | Tagged agriculture, Anathoth Community Garden, christian farming, church-based community gardening, community gardening, Fred Bahnson, Gardening, Joseph's Gardens, Theology, Videos | 6 Responses

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