Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Blessing of the Oysters


A dozen of us met at church for a blessing of the oysters - we gathered with song and then headed to the end of Store Rd. to the site of our neighborhood oyster sanctuary. Len Zuza brought out a cage of oysters that were ready to be blessed and "planted" or added to the existing reef.
After a prayer that these oysters may be fruitful and multiply, that they may provide habitat and clean our water, each child got to toss an oyster in to the creek.
Two of the older kids got to row out in a dingy with Len to the floating dock where the majority of the oysters were strewn. The big excitement of the project was that we discovered the mud crabs who live in the oysters - unlike large blue crabs, these tiny guys don't pinch when picked up. Thanks to Len for taking time to introduce us to this amazing mollusk.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Ministry to Mollusks BEGINS!


HANDS- ON OYSTER SERVICE PROJECT 
Wednesday, August 15
10am at Olivet Church
 Help us return oysters to the reef!  Be prepared to get wet and dirty. Life jackets will be required for persons under age 8.
We will walk to the reef together and populate them with oysters provided by The Southern Maryland Oyster Cultivation Society.

BLESSING OF THE OYSTERS
 Sunday August 19 at 11am worship service