Author Archives: megganmanlove

Home Food Preservation Workshop

After the Harvest Home Food Preservation Workshop

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Supper at Vacation Bible School

Fed by Faith was our Vacation Bible School (VBS) theme at Trinity this summer.  I am thankful I was late, an unusual occurrence, to this year’s planning meeting.  By the time I arrived our leaders had already decided they wanted … Continue reading →

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A Campout in 5 Courses

I never went on a church campout as a kid.  I went to camp—private camp, YMCA camp, church camp.  Adding the “ing” to go camping meant hiking or paddling into the forest and sleeping in a tent or under the … Continue reading →

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Fences and Food

For 20 years,  when you walked out of Trinity Lutheran Church and looked across the parking lot you saw a tall wooden fence.  That changed this winter.   In the mid-90s, Mercy Housing approached Trinity and asked if they could lease … Continue reading →

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A Change in Plans

by Amanda Hanson When Pastor Meggan asked if I would be interested in taking the Master Food Safety course I will admit I was a bit hesitant. Things had been pretty difficult after losing our son Klayton and I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Geology and Gardens

by Meggan Manlove One of the things I remember about moving into the parsonage in Soldier, Iowa (where I served as pastor from 2004-2010) was the dirt.  I grew up on a hillside in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  … Continue reading →

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About our Grant

by Meggan Manlove ELCA Domestic Hunger Grant – proposed July 2012, granted Jan. 2013 Trinity Lutheran Church, Nampa, ID – AFTER THE HARVEST  Trinity Lutheran Church founded Trinity Community Gardens in the spring of 2008, when the original plot was … Continue reading →

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Spring at Trinity Community Gardens

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