Caring For Creation Archives < St. Mark Lutheran Church https://www.stmarklacey.org/category/caring-for-creation/ A Place of Grace Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:52:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.stmarklacey.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-LogoBrightGreen-100x100.jpg Caring For Creation Archives < St. Mark Lutheran Church https://www.stmarklacey.org/category/caring-for-creation/ 32 32 Blessing of the Animals https://www.stmarklacey.org/2024/10/blessing-of-the-animals-2/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:04:42 +0000 https://www.stmarklacey.org/?p=28397 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…

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]]> 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 bond we share with our animal companions.  Children and adults alike look forward to this meaningful service each year, as we gather in gratitude for the gift of creation and all its creatures.     (NOTE: Shown here, Pastors’ blessed pet, LILY)

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]]> St. Mark Community Garden Happenings https://www.stmarklacey.org/2024/06/st-mark-community-garden-happenings-2/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:16:57 +0000 https://www.stmarklacey.org/?p=28281 The pictures with 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 variety of fresh produce for…

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]]> The pictures with 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 variety of fresh produce for the Thurston County Food Bank.

Spring Field Trips

This spring we again hosted field trips for ALL the classes (28!!) at Mountain View Elementary School.  We have no pictures of that activity due to photo rules of the North Thurston Public Schools but rest assured, all classes

  • planted a crop,
  • got a garden tour,
  • had a healthy snack
  • and were in a class picture

The field trips cost the school nothing and the kids have great fun learning how rewarding gardening can be.

 Volunteering in the Garden

Church volunteers like Brent, Earla, Gary, Gail, Kristina, Barbara, Gary, Jenny, and Inge along with community volunteers like Mack, Ryan, Joseph, Liana, and Ion all have a wonderful time planting and harvesting God’s bounty.

Recently a man and his wife who recently moved from Romania arrived at the garden (they found it from the website) and asked if they could help.  In Romania they had a large garden and missed it very much.  They started volunteering and have already been a HUGE help – a WIN-WIN for all.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Gail Frare at gatofrare@comcast.net, or show up any morning Monday – Saturday and Gary Delozier, our head gardener will put you to work.   Our June work parties will be the 8th and the 22nd from 8-10am – join us!!

Gail Frare, Garden Coordinator

 

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