The functions of the ministry are reflected in our stained glass window - we are here to plant, cultivate, water, harvest, store and rest. We are to plant the Word of God, tilling with the Law and seeding with the Gospel. The farmer tears into the weed, down to the roots, so that good plants will not be drained of nutrition and sunshine. Then he waters, teaching the whole Bible, the whole truth, the whole history of God's people, the whole doctrine of God. Our faith-roots go deep into the soil for the moisture of God's protection, redemption and forgiveness.
Stalks produce grain.
The farmer works hard to bring the fruit into the barn of heaven. Pastors preside at funerals. His loved ones, his children, die and go to be with Christ forever. Then the winter comes and no one can work. Men's hearts grow as cold as the snowy ground.