Practicing Gratitude, Simplicity, Science and Service

Bethel Roots & Shoots is an environmental stewardship club for all ages. One of our primary goals is to enjoy being outdoors in all kinds of weather. We do all sorts of activities and projects, including the following:

• Participate in the Methodist Church’s Green Church Initiative
• Monarch Waystation
• Amphibian Education
• Nature Crafts Projects
• Community Roadside Cleanup
• Stream Water Testing
• Vegetable Gardening
• Walking for Water
• Habitat Restoration
• Precipitation Appreciation
• Training a Service Dog
  
  Field trips: 
• Exploring Vernal pools
• Visiting Local vegetable farms
• Taking Hikes

The club welcomes all children desiring a deeper relationship with nature, regardless of faith tradition.

Our after-school program is open to elementary aged children and meets at Bethel UMC on Wednesday afternoons. Young children meet every fourth Sunday during Children’s Church while their parents are in the worship service. Our teen club meets once a month to plan special activities.

On March 1st Roots & Shoots helped reclaim Catoctin Creek. You can read more about it at the following link!
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/mar/05/Catoctin-creek-phillips-farm/

Check out our newsletters to learn more about what we’re up to!

Bethel Church’s Roots & Shoots is affiliated with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program http://www.rootsandshoots.org/ with clubs all over the world. Roots & Shoots clubs work to promote care and concern for the environment, animals, and the human community. For more information call the church at 703-779-7745 or one of the leaders at 703-777-8147 or email us: roots-shoots@cometobethel.org.