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ew Water Farms began 10 years ago as a working farm and training facility for missionaries and discipleship leaders. Through the years, the farm grew to include a lodge for guests and an event space for weddings, meetings and workshops, along with an outdoor chapel. Now they are looking towards the future and have begun to implement a plan for its second 10 years. The project includes ideas for greater visibility in the community, a new propagation greenhouse and farm manager, a renewed commitment to leadership development, marriage enrichment programs, and
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individual spiritual growth. “It was sort of a ‘farminary’ – seminary that happens on the farm,” explained Birmingham dermatologist Dr. Chris Harmon, a New Water Farms Board of Directors member. “It was the kind of thing where you can study passages in Matthew where Jesus says, ‘I am the vine; you are the branches.’ And when you couple that with working in the vineyard, it becomes much more tangible.” New Water also forged a relationship with the Tallapoosa County Sheriffs’ Girls Ranch, a residential program that provides a stable home
