Display Installations


Thinking of having a Visio Divina Display
at your organization?


Perhaps you are thinking that your church or organization would benefit by having its own Visio Divina Display. That is wonderful! Photon Farms loves to share it's beautiful produce and bless others. Keep the following in mind:
  1. All the produce on the farm is freely given and never for sale.
  2. The cards chosen for your organization's display can be tailored for what would appeal to its members. For example, while images featuring Mary might be embraced by some, others would be less comfortable with them. No worries, simply chose the images that would bless your people... scroll down to see the cards we are currently growing.
  3. The farm doesn't stock infinite supplies of cards or the displays, we beg your patience as we grow more to fulfill requests as they arrive.
  4. At our board's suggestion, included in the display are both donate cards and envelopes. Farmer Fred has been encountering generous souls who want to see this beautiful produce grow in other places and bless other people, and this 'paying it forward' is how that happens.
  5. All gifts are of course tax deductible, Photon Farms is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit.
  6. You can request a display for your organization by contacting Farmer Fred in the form at the right.

All of that being said, you have two options for getting a Visio Divina Display at your organization.

Option 1 - Farmer Fred sends you a display as time and funding permits.


As mentioned above, Photon Farms does not stock large supplies of each prayer card. The farm also does not stock large supplies of cash to print more. You can see from our financial transparency section that there are no salaries to pay here on the farm. All donations go straight to growing more produce and helping others flourish in the Christian Faith. All of this is done without charge.

That being said, we love to give away our produce as quickly as we can! Simply use the contact form at the right to reach out and we will put you on our list to receive a display. (Phone browsers must go to the bottom of the page and click on "View web version" and the form will appear on the right.)

Scroll down to the very bottom of this very long page to see some of the installations that your generosity and prayers have already made possible. These installations help fulfill the mission of Photon Farms and we are blessed that you want to be a part of that!


Option 2 - Use the tools below to build your own display for your organization.

The "tools" are links to the .pdf files of all our Visio Divina Cards that we send to our local professional print shop when we want to make more. There are links to card display holders that we typically use as well.

We put these tools here for anyone to use in their own area of influence provided that they follow the following guidelines:

  1. Remember, all the produce on the farm is always free and never for sale. Each card is imprinted with this fact. Print these cards with money you raise legitimately for the cause and distribute them freely, please.
  2. Do not alter the cards in anyway. Some of you have mad skills in Photoshop and Indesign. Please do not use them here. The prayers are far from perfect and the QR link on each card leads to an imperfect page that explains the images and prayers further. Let them be please.
  3. Please DO have as many cards professionally printed as you feel the need for and distribute them freely wherever God leads you to do so.
  4. We suggest printing them on standard 100# glossy card stock at the full 4"x6" size indicated by the .pdf images. If you want them to be durable I highly suggest the UV coating option that most professional print shops can do for you for a slight fee.
  5. The Photon Farms Donate Cards, Business Cards and Stickers are of course optional for you to print. Farmer Fred has truly surrendered the rate of growth on the farm to God and feels little need to pressure anyone to pay it forward so others can be blessed. That is between you, your organization and God.
That being said, see below each Visio Divina image in succession with links to their pro print shop .pdf files under each one, as well as a link to their dedicated page which the card QR code leads to.

May God be pleased.

One last thing... if for some reason you'd prefer to have your local print shop print some of each of the cards, click here for the file that contains them all! (26MB)


ARISE



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BATTLE PRAYERS



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Photon Farms Donate Cards
(Business Card size with donate QR Code)

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Photon Farms Stickers
(For putting on the front of the display)


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Photon Farms Donation Envelopes
(Some folks still like to write checks!)


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Acrylic Prayer Card Holders


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Acrylic Business Card Holders








Here are some examples of our current display installations

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St. Paul the Apostle of Grand Rapids, MI



Our most recent installation lovingly installed by a friend of the farmily. Much thanks to St. Paul Parishioner Katie! Her energy, creativity, enthusiasm and desire to share the beauty of our faith with others have made this a unique offering that displays our produce with the greatest appeal! Bravo!


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Immaculate Heart of Mary's Adoration Chapel


This is really where the whole idea of an organized display developed. Before IHM, Farmer Fred had just been sowing these little seeds of blessing here and there on countertops and shelves in chapels and churches. The loving people that frequented the IHM Adoration chapel provided the first clear plastic display which Farmer Fred replicated in other locations over time. Here is what the display looked like in April of 2023. If you're ever at IHM of Grand Rapids, MI, you can see it for yourself!



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St. Thomas the Apostle of Grand Rapids, MI


Father Jim has always been a fan of the little prayer cards we've grown on the farm. In fact, he has both provided and helped edit some of the suggested prayers included on them. Father Jim asked that I put them in the rack of pamphlets which was so very generous of him and encouraging to us all.




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Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church Grand Rapids, MI


Farmer Fred's home congregation from 1984 to 2012, Oakdale Park is full of dear friends that still are deeply intertwined in his community life. Farmer Fred still attends there with his wife often and Pastor James Jones, one of our board members is a minister there.

As you can see from the cards present in this display, Farmer Fred is tuned into protestant sensibilities and their level of comfort with images of Jesus' Mother Mary. Many protestant congregations love to use images to support their private and public prayer life. Photon Farms has learned over the years how important this is and wants to help any and every willing congregation, no matter their denominational affiliation, to integrate the use of such visual aids.

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Our Lady of Sorrows, Grand Rapids, MI

This is where the Farmer attends on any given Sunday at noon. He helps Sister Lucia by putting some nice acoustic bass under her acoustic guitar as she leads the liturgy. Farmer Fred goes to the Spanish Mass here in hopes to grow relationships with some of his own neighbors who speak Spanish as their first language.

Another aspect of attending the noon service is that there are parishioners who are adept at translating from English to Spanish and because of this the Farm is slowly growing Spanish versions of all of our cards.




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Schaap Chapel - Hope College (St. Benedict Institute)


The St. Benedict Institute at Hope College ministers to the relatively large number of Catholic Students that attend there. They also promote gregarious dialogue between diverse religious traditions with which this Holland, Michigan Campus is blessed.

The co-founder of the Institute Dr. Ortiz was pleased to have our installation on display outside their chapel and I'm happy to say that when I arrived to restock it in April of 2024, most of the cards were gone! We at Photon Farms are always elated when our produce is consumed and appreciated.


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Other Locations


Thanks to our board member Don, we have another small installation in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

Of course, when Farmer Fred travels, which is quite often lately, he sows seeds of random cards left here and there at places of worship or with any individual that is open and receptive.

Remember to request your own display in the contact form on the right.

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Remember, all produce on the farm is freely given
and never for sale. All donations to the farm
are tax deductible as we are a registered 501(c)(3).

If you've been blessed by our produce and would
love to make sure others get blessed too,
use the 'Donate' button below to pay it forward.




Fiscal Transparency / Produce Distributed


Contact Farmer Fred by clicking the ‘View Web Version’ 

link below. A form will appear in the right column 

when you do this which you can fill out to email him.

(This note is for phone browsers.)




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