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Hi Parkway People --
Hello from Kansas City! Becky, Meagan, and I are here for the rest of the week at Leadership Institute at Church of the Resurrection — the largest UMC in the world. Through the week we'll get to hear different ideas from people in ministry from across the world. We're hoping to bring some great ideas and inspiration back to Parkway!
On that note, it's good to remind you that, because we are gone, there are no Wednesday groups or studies for children, students, or adults this Wednesday, September 30th! We will pick back up on Wednesdays next week on October 7th.
Parkway Garden Update
Last Sunday, I announced that our garden working group had picked back up with the redesign of the Parkway Gardens now that the worst of the summer heat is over and we can think about putting trees in the ground.
With our decision to pause garden work several months ago to both wait out the summer and divert fundraising efforts towards Creative Dreams Outreach Center, the garden working group had a chance to go back to the drawing board to determine the next step in our long-term project to redesign and renovate the gardens. Here's where we landed:
The garden working group met this past week with a prayer labyrinth designer and are exploring the idea of installing a permanent prayer labyrinth as a focal piece of the gardens. A prayer labyrinth is a series of paths walked prayerfully and contemplatively towards a center, and then back out again. It's a prayer tradition that dates back to medieval Europe and, for many, a way of experiencing prayer beyond closing your eyes and folding your hands.
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