The people of Christ the King Lutheran Church in West Chester, Ohio, are ministering to pollinators—butterflies, to be specific.

When its youth group learned that butterflies, especially the iconic orange and black monarchs, were at risk, the teens planted a pollinator habitat as part of the congregation’s care for creation ministry.

According to Youth for Monarchs, a service-learning program for youth groups that launched its pilot program at Christ the King, the monarch butterfly population has declined 80% in the past two decades, mostly because their habitats, including the milkweed that the caterpillars require, are being destroyed. Now Christ the King has dedicated part of its 8-acre property to growing native plants that feed and attract butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

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