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01/10/2026

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11/14/2025

Gearing up for Sunday's celebration! Join us to celebrate our 350 year old Landmark Tree!
11-12:30

Isaiah 61:3
"...give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness instead of mourning,

the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;

that they may be called oaks of righteousness,

the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

10/20/2025

A perfect lawn may look peaceful, but hidden beneath the green lies a quiet tragedy. The chemicals meant to kill pests seep into the soil, poisoning worms, birds, and the unseen life that keeps the earth alive. 🍂

Every blade of grass has a cost when balance is lost. Nature doesn’t need perfection — it needs compassion. Choose life over appearances. 🌍💔

10/14/2025

Pull-Plant-Do Good!
Saturday, October 18 | 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Bring your energy and your love for the outdoors! All ages are invited to join Creation Care and community partners as we restore native habitats along Berry’s Chapel Branch Creek—right by our iconic Wise Old Oak. MANY HANDS are welcome for this important work on our beautiful 107-acre green campus.

This hands-on day will teach you how to:

Identify and remove invasive species

Plant bee-friendly, native species that support pollinators, birds, and wildlife

Gain the skills to bring restoration practices back to your own yard and neighborhood

👉 What to bring: weather-appropriate clothes, sturdy waterproof shoes, work gloves, water bottle, and any tools you have (loppers, saws, shovels, or chainsaw).
👉 What’s provided: snacks, drinks, and great company!

📍 Meet at the cedar-lined drive near southwest corner of the parking lot at 9:00 a.m., or join us anytime at the Big Oak work area before 1:00 p.m.

This event is made possible by a generous grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority, on behalf of The Habitat Connection and FFUMC Creation Care. Please register using the QR code by October 16. This is perfect for earning school, scout, or confirmand service hours!

10/13/2025

Saturday we had a curious group at our green campus to enjoy our Global Big Day bird hike, during World Migratory Bird Day!

Along with 22 different species of birds, and lots of bees and butterflies (including a Monarch), we spotted a baby Eastern Box Turtle (found by Peggy, while w**ding in the Herb Garden.) Mama Box Turtle must have laid her eggs there back in June. And then, once the babies hatch from September through mid-October, they're on their own. Our Tennessee State Reptile, they are considered "in great need of conservation". Keeping my fingers crossed for its survival, because there was a boisterous Mockingbird nearby, and of course, any other number of predators found on our campus such as crows, raccoons, skunks, opossums, coyotes, foxes, snakes and unleashed dogs.

We were lucky to hear a White-eyed Vireo, as it is a migrant that arrives in early April and departs by mid-October.

The Yellow-rumped Warbler is one of the most common warblers in North America and the only warbler to regularly winter in Tennessee. It generally arrives in the state in late September and departs by mid-May. I love when they return and we saw and heard a few. The prominent yellow rump-patch has earned it the affectionate nickname "butter-butt".

We heard an Eastern Meadowlark in the distance. Unfortunately, they are considered "near threatened" and their populations have been declining due to habitat loss, urbanization, and changes in agricultural practices. They are mostly non-migratory, so we could see them year round. In the 30 + years I have lived in this city our population has doubled! Here's an idea. Let's start turning some of those many mowed expansive green spaces into meadows. We could bring back the Meadowlark, and maybe even the Quail! Won't you join Creation Care and other conservation minded folks throughout our city and be a proponent for the "Stop Mowing and Propagate Native Meadows Plan"?

10/07/2025

Global Big Day Bird Hike!
Get ready for an adventure in the great outdoors! 🌿🦉 Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with us on Saturday, October 11 as we explore the beauty of creation right in our own backyard.
Our Franklin First Main Campus is a certified bird sanctuary and a recognized birding hotspot—so you never know what feathered friends we might spot!
We’ll kick off at 8:30 am at the back of the south parking lot near the Cedar Lined Drive. So grab your binoculars, lace up your hiking boots, don’t forget the bug spray—and join us for a fun, educational stroll!
👉 Please RSVP!
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08/16/2025

Our milkw**d is showing success! Monarch butterfly caterpillars! We counted 9 on 2 of the 4 species planted in the GLA wood box, and all the species are blooming!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was when I spotted them this morning! So along with the help of GLA moms, our Creation Care team planted over 120 milkw**d plugs in our natural areas around FFUMC Green Campus, earlier this summer. So if we're helping the monarchs at God's Little Acre, we're helping them all over Campus. We have milkw**d in various areas throughout our campus, especially in the fields. We also have seen the monarchs and other important pollinators amongst our tall yellow cup plants and in the test plot in our geothermal field area.We have a management plan, and the equipment, but unfortunately we don't have the staff or volunteers to properly carry out our management plan. If you want to help, please consider volunteering at any of our Creation Care sponsored work days, at God's Little Acre, and/or at the Giving Garden. We're growing God's kingdom on Earth! 🙏🌎

04/18/2025

The best and most blessed way to fully experience the spring time peace, beauty and new life at our Franklin Fumc outdoor sanctuary, is to partake in the self-guided Holy Walk, that begins at the Cedar lined drive. You can pick up a printed pamphlet at the start, or you can scan the QR code at each stop and listen to the scripture and narrative, which is truly a contemplative and powerful experience! It can be done in about 30 minutes, or you can take longer (like I did), if you wish. There's a couple more days for you to experience the Holy Walk, before we gather in the Glade on Sunday at Sunrise to celebrate!

03/20/2025

If you've never visited our FFUMC outdoor sanctuary after a rain event, it can be pretty awesome to see how mother nature transforms the green landscape.

The movie is after last weekend's somewhat torrential downpour. I always appreciate seeing (and hearing) the water that comes gushing from the overflow of Spencer Creek through the cement culvert on the south inside of the track. This area has become a "vernal wetland", an important breeding ground for Chorus frogs. A number of insects, ducks, owls, deer and other wildlife, rely on this area as well. We should protect this area, as it is some of the LAST undeveloped green space within Franklin city limits.

02/10/2025

Seriously, there's really only one place within our city limits, where a human being can be all by themselves on 90+ acres, on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon! May we always be so blessed to call this our green sanctuary, and continue to be good stewards of this special place!

01/13/2025

Our "outdoor sanctuary" at FFUMC Green Campus is a blessing to behold in every season. Consider joining the Creation Care team sponsored w**d wrangles, bird hikes, family hikes, campfires, creekbank cleanups and God in Nature series, and lessen your chances of becoming nature deprived! We are blessed to watch over some of the last undeveloped green space in our city limits. May we continue to be good stewards of God's glorious creation!

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