{"id":22981,"date":"2023-11-03T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=22981"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:19:03","slug":"berries-herbs-and-fruit-for-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/berries-herbs-and-fruit-for-the-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Berries, herbs, and fruit for the neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>On Aug. 19, attendees of the Open Circle and Common Spirit congregations in the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Northern Plains District came together to begin their joint Jesus in the Neighborhood project: an edible garden of berries, herbs, and fruit trees for the neighborhood surrounding Open Circle Church in Burnsville, Minn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the two congregations applied together for a district Jesus in the Neighborhood grant, they received a total of $1,000 for the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-1-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-1-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-1-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-1-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px-560x365.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos are by Jess Hoffert. This item first appeared in the district newsletter from Northern Plains.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-3-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-3-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-3-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/N-Plains-project-3-by-Jess-Hoffert-600px-560x545.jpg 560w\" 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wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 19, attendees of the Open Circle and Common Spirit congregations in the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Northern Plains District came together to begin their joint Jesus in the Neighborhood 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