Be a Living Legacy
Growing With Others Sharing God’s Love Through Partner Gardening
His gardening aspirations began five years ago. Maurice Theriot was motivated by a desire to connect more with God’s creation and to develop this skill set. He decided to share his journey with his friends and family through his personal social media, inviting others to join in with him and also develop their own gardening skills. He made his first 4 x 8 raised bed garden, and since that process went well, it made him much more excited to continue sharing his experience. As he shared his updates, however, Theriot’s friends and family began commenting that they did not feel equipped to begin their own gardens. When they shared that they didn’t have the skills to do this on their own, Theriot was happy to offer his services to them. He began helping others create their own raised bed gardens, and what had once been a hobby became something much bigger. He named this endeavor the Theriot Farms No Excuses Partner Program.
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Through this program, Theriot helps people get started with gardening by bringing the supplies needed, making their raised beds for them, tilling and making sure the soil mix is right. The only thing he won’t do is plant for people. Theriot and his wife, Maxine Theriot, M.D., work together on these partner gardens, and they have now partnered with over 20 other beginner gardeners.
Reaching Others
Some of the people Theriot has been able to help in this process are friends and family, but this ministry also grew to reach beyond his own social circle and continues to expand. Because of this gardening partnership, he’s been able to form connections he wouldn’t have been able to otherwise. He models his gardening venture after Jesus’ method of ministry. Theriot often reflects on this observation from The Ministry of Health and Healing by Ellen G. White, “Christ’s method
