Garden – Grow ‐ Give Ministry Project

Growing Food for a Local Food Bank

 

As a missions group, plant and tend a garden for food that will given to a local Food Bank. Invite your entire church to participate in this hands-on ministry project.

 

In the Fall ~ Contact a local Food Bank to confirm they will accept fresh vegetables from a local garden.

Secure a site for your missions garden, either on church property, church member’s property, or community property.

Have the ground plowed so it will be ready for gardening in the spring.

Learn about hunger in America and the world.

Invite a representative from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service to speak to your missions group about how to garden and when to plant certain vegetables.

 

In late winter (February) ~ Plow the site again to prepare the soil for planting.

Decide which vegetables will be planted in the garden.
Plan a trip to purchase seeds and plants for the garden.

 

In March ~ Plant a potato patch, if desired. (Potatoes can inexpensively feed a family.)

 

 

Throughout the spring and summer ~ Plan dates for the missions group to work together in tending the garden.

Have families volunteer to weekly tend the garden.
Plan dates to harvest and immediately deliver fresh vegetables to the local Food Bank.

 

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Contact Edith Fisher, WMU Children’s Educational Consultant, efisher@wmu-va.org

"We work together with God." 1 Corinthians 3:9a (Nlr)