COMMUNITY SUPPORT
CONFIDENCE IN PLANNING
DIRECT COACHING
THIS IS THE YEAR!
Your Land will be Fruitful.
Your Community will Grow.
Your Ministry will Develop Roots.
SAVE TIME AND GAIN CONFIDENCE
You have what it takes to lead a successful garden ministry.
GROW YOUR COMMUNITY
Gardening takes a village and tends to grow one as well. You’ll learn how to effectively manage this wonderful aspect of your ministry.
AVOID COMMON PITFALLS
Learn what to look for and how to effectively plan to ensure your garden grows.
GAIN CONFIDENCE
Your leadership skills are set to increase. Bold leadership takes confidence and we can’t wait to show you the ropes.
Listen To My Podcast
I AM INVESTED IN YOUR GROWTH
Coach Brian Sellers Petersen will lead you every step of the way.
- Decades in Agrarian Related Ministry
- Dozens of Dioceses, Parishes, Schools, Seminaries, Camps and Conference Centers Have Benefited from His Wisdom and Leadership
- A Lifetime of shared experience
- Harvesting Abundance: Local Initiatives of Food and Faith, author
- Spade Spoon Soul Podcast, producer and co-host
- Good News Gardens, consultant and evangelist
CHOOSE YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS
Three opportunities to get connected with Coach Brian.
All first, inquiry sessions are complementary!
Group Coaching
2-5 people
75 minute sessions
For groups working together on a specific project.
Individual Coaching
One-On-One
50 min sessions
For individuals who want to start or grow in making meaningful change.
Endorsements
Brian Sellers-Petersen is filled with ways for faith communities to find mission and ministry in their yards. He will help move you to action from his years of journeying with and encouraging Episcopalians to love the earth they stand on and in the process transform their churches and communities.
––Winnie Varghese, Rector, St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta
Brian plants fruitful seeds through his ministry, showing us how the garden teaches the importance of good work and of Sabbath rest, the healing power of forgiveness, and the blessing of new life. Using tools of collaboration, creativity, and education, he helps communities care for God’s creation, practice hospitality, and address food insecurity. According to Brian, the gardener in all of us will connect to ‘the miracle of being able to plant a seed and watch it grow.’ I agree!
––Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut
Like Brian’s book, Harvesting Abundance: Local Initiatives of Food and Faith, Faithful Agrarian is about concrete hope and action — dirt you can dig your toes into, harvests you can eat, communities you can join. If you need good news (and we all do) then follow Brian into the churchyards and once empty lots, seminary campuses, camps and conference centers, and church farms where new life is springing up in faith and abundance.
––Ragan Sutterfield, author of Wendell Berry and the Given Life
As members of the Anglican Communion, Episcopalians affirm the Five Marks of Mission, which includes “striv[ing] to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth.” So, how do we do that? I have good news for you! Brian Sellers Petersen and his longstanding work in agrarian ministry and churchland stewardship knows the stories of what every day, faithful folk are doing across the Episcopal Church. For the hope of the lands we steward, Brian is a gift in letting us know what is possible, what is already being done, and what we might dare dream and do.
—Brian L. Cole, Diocesan Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
Download Our Guide
Check out this guide on Growing Effective Community with Church Agrarian Ministries.
One of the keys to success lies in the community you build around the ministry. Thankfully gardening grows new friends as well as produce. This guide helps you assemble a team to help your garden grow for years to come.