Love Your Neighbor as Your Celery: Gardening and Cultivation as Creation Care and Neighbor Love

Eucharist

Dr. Preston Pouteaux is a beekeeper, neighbourhood enthusiast, pastor at Lake Ridge Community Church and the director of Plesion Studio. He is an engaging speaker, writer, and curator of conversations about faith and neighbourhoods. He studied at Covenant Bible College, Briercrest College, Regent College, Tyndale Seminary, and Jerusalem University College in Israel. He is the author of Imago Dei to Missio Dei [VantagePoint3], the award-winning author of The Bees of Rainbow Falls: Finding Faith, Imagination, and Delight in Your Neighbourhood [Urban Loft Publishers], and author of The Neighbours Are Real and Other Beautiful Things [Plesion Studio]. He is a producer and writer of the upcoming documentary film “I’ll See You Later” and is a Harvey/Mackey Award winning writer for Faith Today, Ekstasis Magazine, and other publications. Since 2015 his column, Into the Neighbourhood, has been printed over two millions times in weekly newspapers. Preston lives in Chestermere, Alberta, with his wife Kelly, their daughters Scotia and Ivy, and a few thousand honeybees.

Eucharist Church is a community of faith in San Francisco, California, seeking to live all of life in reference to Christ