Summer flowers are available for picking at Penningtonville Presbyterian Church's "growing kindness" garden, which was established by the church's youth group in front of the church.

The flowers were planted in two raised-bed gardens. "A couple of years ago, the Girl Scouts did a raised-bed garden, and we repurposed that area for a community garden, where we planted some zinnias, dahlias and geraniums," explained pastor Eric Dorville.

The garden, which is designed to provide flowers for the community, was planted by church youths under the guidance of new youth group leader Meghan Kloss. "The children, with adult supervision, started it in June by planting seeds," Dorville noted. "They came over every day to water and take care of it. The (purpose of the garden) is to grow kindness."

Most recently, youths gathered on July 10 to weed the garden, trim back the dahlias to encourage more blossoming and to cut the garden's first zinnias.

Additionally, Dorville noted that the church is continuing its summer SPARK in the Park program, which meets on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. at Atglen Community Park, 400 Ridge Ave., Atglen. Upcoming SPARK programs will include yoga on July 26, first aid and CPR course on Aug. 2, make your own terrarium on Aug. 9 and water wars and obstacle course on Aug. 15. The program will conclude on Aug. 23 with Movie Night.

Dorville is also planning a fall sermon series that will help answer some questions that people may have about God and the church. Those interested in posing a question are asked to visit http://www.facebook.com/PenningtonvillePC and answer the questions in a post dated July 18, which reads, "If you could ask Jesus any question, what would you ask?" and "What topic would you love to see the church address?"

Penningtonville Presbyterian Church is located at 406 Main St., Atglen. For more information, call 610-593-2173 or visit http://www.penningtonvillechurch.org or the aforementioned Facebook page.