Monday, January 24, 2005

Planting native trees

We inducted a developmentpastor, Jason King, on Sunday. We then gave the new Opawa concrete slab and brick barbeque a test run in its role as community builder in our midst. An excellent, excellent day.

The new development pastor, as part of the induction, gave the church a tree, a New Zealand native, which he then planted in the church garden beside the barbeque.

A symbol
… of the desire to be planted native with us
… of the need to be watered and tendered, especially in the transplant stage
… of the desire to provide shelter and shade in response to being cared for

I thought it a superb symbol of pastor-in-community.

Posted by steve at 08:54 PM

2 Comments

  1. I think it’s superb too…hope prep. for San Diego goes well. Not far away now.

    Comment by Paul Fromont — January 26, 2005 @ 11:11 am

  2. fantastic really warmed to this – thanks

    Comment by paul T — February 1, 2005 @ 2:16 pm

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