It is also a place for embodied reflection on the scriptures, creation, and our place in the world. First Fruits Biblical Orchard serves the Triune God who has made the world and called it good, who has reconciled all things in Jesus Christ, and continuously works to uphold and renew the fabric of creation. As members of Duke Divinity School, First Fruits Biblical Orchard calls this community to l
abor with God in creation, allowing our relationship to our garden home shape the pursuit of our vocations. To do this, we steward of the Biblical Fruit Orchard at Duke Divinity School, which seeks to model a lived agrarian theology for pastors, visitors, and students. We also celebrate eating together as an act that proclaims our dependence on God’s provision through the bounty of our land, we initiate theological reflection on God’s redemptive activity in and for creation, and we invite the community to lament, reorder and restore our broken relationship to creation and, therefore, the Creator.
