Next Sunday, October 13, we warmly invite you to bring your beloved pets, cherished stuffed animals, or photos of your favorite animals to our morning worship service for a special Blessing of the Animals. This cherished tradition is a joyous occasion for animal lovers of all ages and a beautiful way to celebrate and honor the special…
St. Mark Community Garden Happenings The pictures accompanying this article are of last summer during harvest time. As you can see, many volunteers work in the garden to make it a success! Potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes are our largest crops but cabbage, squash, celery, broccoli, corn, and cucumbers are also grown and provide a wide…
These photos are just a small taste of the produce that has been delivered from our St. Mark Garden to the Lacey and Olympia Food Banks this year. 10,000 pounds and counting. Click on images to enlarge.
The St. Mark 2023 Community Garden was started 1/16/2023. The first row of garlic is in the ground. Only a few more rows to do! Head Gardener, Gary Delozier (shown here), reported the 2022 total produce donated weighed in at 11,371 pounds…down a bit due to a cold, wet spring. The garden was fortified with…
The following message has been distributed by email to ELCA members in the “Seeds Monthly” Newsletter by the ELCA National Office. Considering the current severe threats from manmade climate change, manmade environmental damage, manmade species extinction, and manmade pollution, we present this ELCA message here. “Public response period: Social message on climate care A draft…
Thanks to a Thrivent Grant received for our St. Mark Community Garden, we now have a new section called a “pollinator garden”. This garden was designed and planted with specific nectar and pollen producing plants that will attract certain insects known as “pollinators”. Both plants and seeds were planted, including milkweed plants for Monarch butterflies. This…
After service on Sunday April 22, members of the St. Mark Social Justice Team produced a wonderful display in the Parish Hall to celebrate Earth Day and our recent ministry of Caring for Creation. Tables were filled with examples and information available to peruse on composting, recycling, tree conservation, books on environmental topics, transportation options,…
After 2 years of pandemic isolation, St. Mark Community Garden held its annual Potato Planting event. 1000 row-feet of potatoes are grown each year for the Thurston County Food Bank. Over thirty people, large and small showed up for some gardening, some visiting, some refreshments, and some joy. Please enjoy the pictures from the predicted…
Calling all Volunteers!! Saturday April 2nd we will plant 200 pounds of seed potatoes in the St. Mark Community Garden. This has been an annual event since 2011 but the last two years the pandemic prevented us from gathering. Last Sunday, a group of members, including some darling children, planted our four pea beds. The rain…
In the fifth and final summary offering of the “Climate Diet”, suggestions revolve around systems, policies and educating others about causes you personally identify with. As you’ll see below, small and local action can result in national change. Be specific. Ask for change within your legislator’s scope of authority. In Washington State right now is…