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Summer Revival, with evangelist
Dr. Jeffrey Franklin, pastor of
Greater St. Paul Baptist Church of
Camden, Ark., July 11-12, 7 p.m.,
Community Missionary Baptist
Church, 88 Saratoga Ave., Battle
Creek. Open to public. (7/11)
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St. Mark Auto Fest, Saturday,
July 13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Mark
Lutheran Church, 114 E. Minges
Road, Battle Creek. Proceeds to
R.I.N.G.S. Ministries. Details at
stmark.net. (6/27)
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Welcome Wednesdays program,
each Wednesday, First United
Methodist Church, 111 E. Michigan
(next to City Hall), Battle Creek.
Chair yoga, 4:30 p.m.; meal, 5:
p.m.; games or Bible study, 6:
p.m. All welcome. (9/28)
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GriefShare, Tuesdays, 5:30-7:
p.m., Friends Church, 1305 Olive
St., Battle Creek. Call church formore info. or Shellie at (269) 580-- Leave message. (12/7)
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Men’s Christian Breakfast, first
Saturday of the month, 8:30-10:
a.m., Family Altar Chapel, 14844
6-1/2 Mile Road, Battle Creek. Free.
Info: Howard Phillips, (269) 274- - (8/25)
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Heal Your Heart Grief Support
Group, first Thursday of each
month, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Love in
Action Community Ministries, 203
Bowers Ave., Battle Creek. (8/25)
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Free hot meals, fresh food boxes,
every second Friday of the month,
starting at 5 p.m., Overflow Church,
3515 W. Michigan Ave., Battle
Creek. (7/22)
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Any church “Happenings” item
submitted once will run continuously
until the event has occurred.
Parrott Drive, Battle Creek.
The Grand property is described
as a beautiful yard over 40 years in
development with one primary goal,
ease of maintenance.
It showcases a variety of garden
beds full of shade-loving hostas, to
sun loving lilies, which are filled in
with perennials and flowering annu-
als.
The trees and shrubs in the gardens
are integrated and the addition of
knick knacks, wine trees, garden art
and fairy lights carry on into the eve-
ning hours.- Devon Wilson’s Sunlight
Gardens, 245 N. Kendall Street,
Battle Creek.
Devon has been gardening more
than half his life with a passion
to create an example of utilizing
urban agriculture to solve problems,
according to his garden description
provided by the committee.
After purchasing a piece of prop-
erty in 2020 he and others built four
hoop houses, created four outdoor
food production zones, a pavilion for
food events and a “Farmacy” where
fresh and healthy product can be pur-
chased.
“Devon’s desire for know where
his food was coming from led to
an amazing farm you need to see to
believe,” the committee reported. - Robert and Barbara Clouse, 253
Oriole Drive, Battle Creek.
Four years ago, the Clouse garden
started as a blank canvas for this
retired Art Teacher.
After planting a 40 foot bed of
grasses, perennials and annuals the
garden has developed into an infor-
mal and eclectic array of color and
texture.
Features include a path to an arbor,
large bench swing, shade garden,
water fountain, pudding stones and
a large planted berm with a seating
area.
In addition, there are four differ-
ent varieties of Japanese Maples, a
rose bed, bird baths and a variety of
planted pottery. - Pat VandenHeede, 90 Elizabeth
Street, Battle Creek.
When you walk down the front
yard path of Pat Vanderheed’s gar-
den on a hot summer day the first
sensation is that of a cool forest path,
according to the garden tour com-
mittee.
Everything has been added since
Pat bought the home in 1990. Pat
wanted an easy care, very natural
and woodsy garden, she said.
There was no topsoil – just sandy
spots and processed gravel.
This was part of a golf course
around 1908.
“My front yard was a ‘hole ’– not
sure what number!” she said.
Pat has added many things that
didn’t survive because of the soil and
calls it a garden of survival.
She made the cement path using
bags of cement and water and built
the stone walls using rocks she
brought home in her Fiero from a
friend’s barn foundation.
She has a gazebo in the back yard
for relaxing in nature. The yard has
uneven footing with paths, decking
stepping stone and steps.- Kathy Garland, 78 Elizabeth
Street, Battle Creek.
Kathy has lived at this address for
48 years and she is described as an
avid, self-taught, gardener.
As a little girl, Kathy started help-
ing her grandma weed the garden
and this began her love affair with
gardening.
Her gardening experience contin-
ued as she volunteered at the Irving
Park Rose Garden.
She is a casual “you can do it”
style gardener who digs and plants
until she loves what she sees.
She has no specific style but admit-
tedly leans towards cottage garden
with lots of roses, hydrangeas and
other perennials as well as lots of
annuals.
She even incorporates flowering
weeds along with a small garden
where she grows herbs and veg-
etables.
SUMMER
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