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Crops for PROP

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The "Crops For PROP" Community Garden
Lois Hyde, a member of our church family, had a vision and a passion that were connected and produced a great harvest of spiritual fruit. At a leadership meeting in late 2012, she observed:
  • Our involvement in PROP, our local food shelf, revealed a real and present need in our community for a wider variety of food, especially fresh vegetables
  • One of the assets of our congregation is land. We have a lot of it, almost nine acres.
That night, something like the Holy Spirit connected these two things with a passion Lois has for gardening. And from there came our Community Garden and Crops for PROP.

Many within our congregation and community have been involved in this ministry. It is a theme for how we are all "Cultivating Our Spirituality". But most importantly, we grew, literally, a ton of fresh vegetables:
                                                                   2013          2000 pounds
                                                                   2014          1500 pounds
                                                                   2015          2493 pounds
                                                                   2016          2,770 pounds
                                                                   2017          3015 pounds
                                                                   2018           2407 pounds
                                                                   2019           2220 pounds
                                                                   2020          3,216 pounds
                                                                   and every pound of it was given to someone!
 
​Listening and identifying a need, seeing something we had to offer, and looking outside the box of what we usually do has made us Big Enough to Make a Difference in our world. In time, our garden may grow into our signature ministry, something that everyone in Eden Prairie and the surrounding area identifies with EPUMC.

'reverse' advent calendar benefits prop

 During Advent 2020, we invite you to participate in a reverse Advent Calendar. Download it below and place an item in the basket each day. You can bring food to the church or deliver it directly to PROP, 1400 Martin Drive, Eden Prairie.
reverse_advent_calendar_2020.pdf
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15050 Scenic Heights Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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