Our first Sunday of Creation Season, we will pray for the Plaster Creek Stewards:
Plaster Creek Stewards is a collaboration of Calvin University faculty, staff, and students working with local schools, churches, and community partners to restore the health and beauty of the watershed. We focus on research, education, and on-the-ground restoration (working directly to restore the watershed).
Grace is one of the churches they’ve worked with!
We partnered with them on our Sacred Grounds project, so now the garden surrounding the parking lot is full of Michigan native species of plants, and a few dozen church members have gotten to participate in the planting and upkeep.
Some of our members have also been lucky enough to work with them on curb gardens, so instead of grass that needs water and often contributes to chemical runoff into our streams, their curb gardens now help filter and slow down the rain running into the sewers and streams.
Plaster Creek Stewards’ tagline is, Loving our downstream neighbor.
Let’s pray that their mission catches on all over West Michigan so we can all love our downstream neighbor and make decisions about lawncare and sustainability that will help, not hurt.
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