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Dear UUSIC
Members and
Friends,
A BIG thank
you for your
generous
contributions
to our Green
Sanctuary
Project Tree
Plant, a
shared
endeavor of
Iowa City's
Bethel African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church, the
staff and 5th
grade students
of Grant Wood
School, and
UUSIC. |
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Before the
tree was
planted, "The
Heart of the
Tree,"
slightly
abridged and
adapted to the
occasion, was
read by Kathy
Sadler, 5th
grade teacher;
Reverend
Orlando Dial,
minister at
Bethel AME;
and Arnold
Lindaman,
president of
the UUSIC
board.
The weather
was perfect,
students
attentive and
happy;
teachers and
principal,
enthusiastic;
and UU
volunteers,
helpful.
Special thanks
to:
-
Gary
Lawrenson,
who helped
Arnold dig
the hole
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Jim and
Pat
Ephgrave
and Merle
and Lois
Hughes,
who helped
plant the
tree.
-
Rev.
Orlando
Dial
and the
members of
the Bethel
AME,
who
contributed
generously
toward the
cost of
the tree
-
UUSIC
members
and
friends,
who
likewise
contributed
generously
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The Heart of
the Tree
Henry Cuyler
(1855 – 1896)
What do we plant who plant this
tree?
We plant a friend of sun and
sky;
We plant the flag of breezes
free;
The shaft of beauty, towering
high.
These things we plant who
plant this
tree.
What do we plant who plant this
tree?
We plant cool shade and tender
rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush
again;
We plant the glory of the plain;
We plant the forest’s heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall
see --
These things we plant who plant
this tree.
What do we plant who plant this
tree?
We plant in love of school
and loyalty
And far-cast thought of civic
good --
Our blessings on this
neighborhood.
A nation’s growth from sea to
sea
Stirs in our
hearts who
plant this
tree! |
