As we prepare to launch our 2026 Community VBS, which we’ve called The Garden Project, we’ve been exploring the original Garden Project. Why did God choose to begin our story in a garden? Why wasn’t it a beach project? Why wasn’t it an island project, or a lake project, or a mountain-view project? The Book of Genesis says the first man was placed in the garden to work and take care of it. But if feels like God was nurturing something more than work ethic and responsibility.