Refugium
A creation care ministry of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
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Prayer Trail
Enjoy a prayerful walk through our small wooded forest. You might find an owl, a deer, or even a turtle.
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Derby Community Garden
Want to learn how to grow your own food? Want to be part of a community of gardeners who care about the Earth? Request to rent one of our 10’x10’ garden plots! We have a number of plots of available.
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Honey Bees
We have two Honey Bee hives on our grounds. We host educational classes and look forward to using our homegrown honey at Coffee Hour.
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Breakthrough Club/ ESS
We are excited to partner with Breakthrough Club/ Episcopal Social Services. Clubhouse members spend two days a week on the grounds tending to their growing salsa garden! Breakthrough brings fresh produce back to the Clubhouse to be served at lunch.
As the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, we believe that we called to follow Jesus Christ and his way of love, growing in faith and action, in order that we can bear witness to his way of love in and for the world. We believe that one place we can bear witness to this love is through our relationship with the land. We believe that when we commit to planting more (be it beehives or herb gardens,) praying more (with our words and our deeds) and proclaiming more (through our stories and our bounty) in order to share the loving, liberating, and life-giving Good News of God’s love with all people, we will find ourselves, our church, and our world transformed.