OSELC Mission Statement: Serving God, God's people and our community.

In the summer of 2022 and as part of our mission statement of serving our community, OSELC decided to convert a 10' x 60' grass area into a native pollinator garden. The garden includes chokeberry, honeybush, common and swamp milkweed, butterflyweed, coneflower, aster, golden rod, beebalm, hyssop and multiple varieties of sedges. To rainwater collection sites around the area were also installed.  We will also be adding a social gathering area where members of the community can meet and relax within the garden.

To celebrate the start of our second year of the garden, we will be having a celebration on June 4, 2023 at 11AM that will include an outdoor service, soil blessing and potluck as well as some fun for the kids. People can bring soil from their gardens to be blessed or take some of the church's blessed soil home and spread in their garden. We will have pollinator plants that people can take home to start or add to their garden. For additional information or if you have any questions, you can contact Robert Jenko at 218-576-7043 or r1919j@yahoo.com.