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The Advance: What It Is and How to Give

December 7, 2011 As a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries, funds from The Advance bring my ministry and mission to life. In Nebraska, it means watching the financial support...
READ THE STORY >Gardening Tips for November
November may bring colder weather and snowflakes, but it also brings with it a few simple garden maintenance tasks that can help prepare your gardens for the winter. Check out a...
READ THE STORY >A Garden of Collaboration

October 6th, 2011 The Big Garden at Carol Joy Holling Camp is a partnership between the camp, the American Lutheran Church and the Ashland United Methodist Church. This summer the groups worked...
READ THE STORY >Rural Garden Applica…
October 2nd, 2011 The Big Garden is looking for churches and non-profits in rural Nebraska or Kansas that are interested in starting a community garden. Interested persons or groups should fill out…
A Garden Fresh Food …
September 19, 2011 The garden beds behind the Christ Child North center are thick with plants growing every which way. Head gardener Hezekiah Howard walks through the space crowded with growth…
Enter Your Produce i…
September 14, 2011 Join the fun and enter your garden produce in the 2011 Douglas County Fair. The fair will run from September 22-25 at the Qwest Center Omaha. There are a…
Big Garden Welcomes …
September 14, 2011 United Methodist Ministries is excited to welcome Deb Keeney to its staff. Deb is the new Director of Programs and Administration. In this position she will oversee the…
Harvest Party
August 17, 2011 This is the time of year when we start thinking about temperatures dipping below 80 degrees and (dare we say it) maybe we will be enjoying our jeans…
New Recipes
July 18, 2011 Thank you to Erin Eidenshink for sharing some wonderful new recipes. She has made them both and they are yummy! With the falafel recipe, feel free to add…
Resource Library Now…
July 13, 2011 The Big Garden and United Methodist Ministries (UMM) are pleased to announce that we have now opened up our office Resource Library. Books are available for check-out by…
Where Lettuce and Fe…
July 6, 2011 The lettuce waiting to be served at the weekly Nebraska AIDS Project meal is fiercely protected. It has made it through rain, heat, weeds and the ever-present hungry…
Benson Plant Rescue
July 5, 2011 Benson Plant Rescue is an organization here in Omaha helping connect with local community gardens and provide plants and flowers at reduced costs. A couple of weeks ago,…
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