Spring Cleanup Day

TREE PLANTING AND SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The Spring Clean-up Day led by our Facilities Team will be Saturday, April 25, starting at 8 am and last until around noon(ish). With assistance by the Creation Care Team, a special project this year will be to plant 10 trees of varieties suitable for our changing climate. We have lost many trees due to storms, stress, and ash borers over the past few years. Much appreciated new plantings have not kept up with the losses. We invite and encourage families to "sponsor" a tree by actually planting it, keeping it watered over the first summer, or making a special contribution to NUMC designated for "Trees" to offset the approximate $300 cost per tree (make your check payable to NUMC and note “trees” in the memo). We will celebrate commitments at our Earth Day themed worship service on April 19. In case of bad weather on April 25, May 2 is our backup date. 

We will also need volunteers for our regular spring church grounds cleanup on April 25. Bring appropriate outdoor work clothes and gear; rakes, shovels, gloves, etc. There will be jobs for all abilities! No RSVP needed, just show up. 

This is only a start. Over the past several months our new Creation Care team has explored the theology behind our responsibility to the home we share with all creation, and to focus on our watershed as the natural locality where we can concentrate our efforts as we turn motivation to action. We are exploring several projects to bring our natural world to our doorstep. Trees take the most time, so make a good project to start. 

Questions? Contact Bruce Paulson at 507-301-5428.