Tag: Tree
Chainsaws an unlikely mission tool
![Chainsaws clean up in Iowa](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/UMCOR-Chainsaws-UMNews-Mike-DuBose.jpg)
Across the United Methodist connection, volunteers, with chainsaws at the ready, are cleaning things up and acting as a caring presence for Christ.
The angle of thankfulness
![Seasons of life require courage and right angle.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Four-Seasons-AdobeStock_48643654.jpeg)
Some trees on her walk through the neighborhood were a glory to behold. Colorful and straight. Then there was that slanted evergreen. Why was it growing at an angle?
Fall wind brings new beginnings
![New beginnings for a cedar tree](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cedar-seedling-Adobe-Stock.jpeg)
The Michigan Conference Lay Leader reflects on the life of trees and the life of churches. She encourages congregations in transition to consider The New Beginnings program.