He Shares His Love of Farming—and His Crops—with Local Schoolchildren by Brett Leveridge
Michael Hayden (left) and Wendy Harrington (right) sharing fresh vegetables with Washington County, ME school children.
CHERRYFIELD, ME – Guideposts magazine visited our Downeast Campus earlier this year, interviewing Director Wendy Harrington and Michael Hayden. The result? A new story addition to Guideposts’ “collection of slideshows.., inspirational quotes, beautiful photos, and powerful stories of hope.”
The story begins, “A former social worker, Michael Hayden came to love farming while working in a program that helped developmentally disabled adults live and work on a farm alongside other families. “I had never farmed before,” said Michael, “but I learned. And I loved it. I saw how being on the land and eating what grew there nourished people—adults and kids of all ages and abilities.”
[H]e met Wendy Harrington…. She had the idea that the Mission could set up its own farmer’s market.
Wendy asked if [Michael] would be interested in a salaried position that allowed him to visit local schools to talk about his crops and to hand out bags of his produce to the students.
Kids Go Carnival Crazy at Seacoast Camp
By Emily Tadlock |
Posted: Thu 6:16 PM, Jul 20, 2017
Isaac Marnik, Assistant Director of the EdGE program says, “The EdGE program has three summer camp locations. We have one in Machias, Millbridge, and Cherryfield. We give [kids] a lot of options so they have a lot of experiences. Some kids learn how to play chess that haven’t done that, learn how to computer code that haven’t done that before. It’s just a place to come together with their friends and have a positive experience over the summer.”
Maine Seacoast Mission is hosting week-long camps for kids from Gouldsboro to Machias
Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:58
The camps were designed to help bridge the learning gap that takes place in the summer isn’t in session.
Director Charlie Harrington said “We think with the reading we do, the recipes we use, a lot of the opportunities around, the robots the computers, i think it really is a helpful piece of what we do for kids in the summer and for families].”
Sue Taylor on the Sunbeam V with Captain Michael Johnson
Captain Michael Johnson’s view as Sunbeam V heads out from Boothbay Harbor to open water
Great women aboard the Sunbeam V: Catherine Poor and Mabel Hall
Sunbeam V guests during Q&A
Coming back in to Boothbay Harbor
Sunday morning in Boothbay Harbor
Wilson Chapel, Oceans Point, East Boothbay
Inside Wilson Chapel. The yellow sunflowers symbolize the Sunbeam
Church goers arrive to beautiful Maine coast songs by Castlebay
Looking out at a three-masted schooner sailing by Wilson Chapel
The Mission had a great time Saturday, July 15th in Boothbay Harbor, and again, on Sunday, July 16th at Oceans Point in East Boothbay. Thank you, Sue and Paul Taylor for inviting us and for being such wonderful hosts.
These photos, in chronological order, show the Sunbeam V in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday afternoon, guests who boarded the Sunbeam V in Boothbay Harbor for a cruise and a Q&A about the Mission and its work.
Sunday was a reunion of the Mission and Wilson Chapel at Oceans Point. Wilson Chapel was celebrating its 100th Anniversary. Mission President Reverand Scott Planting gave the Sunday service marking the 96th year someone from Maine Seacoast Mission spoke at a Wilson Chapel service.
The service ended with a tribute to friend, musician, and Wilson Chapel organist Danny Beal, who died in January 2017. Churchgoers and Castlebay sang Danny Beal’s favorite hymn, Let The Lower Lights Be Burning. Here is a rendition of that hymn.
