EMERGING NEW FEATURES
Those who have not recently
visited the church’s Prayer and Meditation Grove should be seeing some new
features emerging.
Prominent among those features is a series of
four (4) benches that encircle the periphery of the Prayer Circle.
The benches are the result of a winter season
of work by Art Birtner, who hand-crafted each bench from ‘scratch,’ using
materials that are durable and weather resistant, and which will greatly enhance
the use, functionality and appearance of the Prayer Circle.
Art was given some additional assistance from
two of his church ‘Wood-Carver’ buddies, Gary Stevenson and Ray Costanza.
Hats-off to these guys for a job well done!
And planned for additional development are six
additional benches for the Chapel!
Look for other emerging features
during the weeks to come:
1) a
I Corinthian Garden,
featuring the themes of ‘Faith, Hope and Love,’ and the planter barrels that
George Aber is lovingly stocking with colorful plants
2) a
Chapel Alcove
that will highlight three prominent symbols of the Christian Faith (the ‘Cross,
the Stone, and the Dove’)
3) the beginnings of
a
St. Francis
Meditation Garden that will focus on
the wisdom and nature meditations of St. Francis of Assisi, and 4) a number of
colorful signs that will add color and interpretation to a variety of Grove
features.
Finally, plan to visit the ‘Grove
Room,’ (inside the church- adjacent to the entrance narthex of the
church) to find description and interpretive materials relating to the Prayer
and Meditation Grove, as well as the
“Book of Recognition and Grateful Appreciation,”
that will be permanently
housed in the Grove Room to give recognition to all who have made significant
donations and/or contributions to the development of the Grove thus far.
