harvest festival
This Sunday is our harvest festival. Harvest festivals have
been around for about as long as humanity has been growing food. They are important
times in the life of communities as people give thanks for the harvest that
will sustain them for another year. We give thanks to God for the harvest and
for those who work in this land and overseas providing the food we eat. We are
reminded of God’s ongoing generosity and of the invitation to be as generous
with what God has provided.
While not a lot is growing in my garden picknz.co.nz tells me that April to August are the peak
months for workers in the Bay of Plenty. While the harvest season for many
fruit is close to finishing, there are packing roles in some facilities.
It is also Matariki. In Tauranga Moana this is a time for
looking ahead and preparing the soil for the next crop. There is no harvest
without the earth. Harvest festivals remind us of the need to cherish and
protect the land and water we need to grow the crop.
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