Good stewards improve what they have been given. With rakes, shovels, and trucks, volunteers tidied up the grounds around the church on a bright fall day before the rainy season. One of the Marks of Mission of the Anglican Church of Canada is "to safeguard the integrity of God's creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth". In late October parishioners put that into active practice (with coffee breaks, of course).