Labyrinth Weekend Event in September

Offering Ourselves as Prayers for Peace

 

Friday Evening – 9/11

Walking The Labyrinth By Candlelight

With Live Music by Kathy Q. and Friends

6:30 – 9:00 pm 

Saturday Afternoon – 9/12

Walking The Labyrinth By Daylight

11:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Sunday Evening Service – 9/13

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

A service devoted to forgiveness and renewal

6:00 pm 

This is a special weekend – beginning on the Anniversary of 9/11 and ending on the evening of Rosh Hashanah … offering all of us an opportunity to share our prayerful energy for Peace and ourselves as Peacemakers.  

 

On Sunday evening, we welcome Theresa Horton as she shares her creative energy through chant and helps us expand our Greek understanding of the forgiveness line in the Lord’s Prayer through Aramaic translation. 

 

Woven into the service will be traditions from the Tashlich Service, often celebrated on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah.  Casting away our mistakes, we begin again forgiven and renewed.  Then, blessed we become Peacemakers.

 

Refreshments and Fellowship will be incorporated as part of our evening together. 

Please don’t miss the opportunity to share in this extraordinary journey!

We hope you will join us in walking the Labyrinth as well as gathering with us on Sunday evening. 

         

 

Central United Methodist Church

In the Fellowship Hall

233 North Church Street

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Sacred Traditions And Rituals

a call to connection 

Please Bring Along a Friend or Two and Join Us For 

Tranquility With Tea

a service devoted to quieting minds, opening hearts, soothing souls

Sunday Evening, August 9^th at 6:00pm

Our prayerful meditation and contemplation, Meditation on Creating a Mandala has been created and will be offered by Janet McConnell, Naomi Richardson and Patsy Simmons.

During our time together we will create a colorful Mandala – a sacred symbol used in Hinduism and Buddhism representing wholeness and community.  In the beginning, we will create an individual Mandala, then incorporate ‘our own’ into a larger one … symbolizing the collective oneness with our loving community.

Janet, Naomi and Patsy will introduce us to this summer’s hottest trend … The New Joy of Coloring.  So, plan on joining us as we have a chance to sit and be mindful – cheer up, chill out and exercise both the creative & tactical sides our brains – ending with a beautiful and colorful result.  

A portion of the offering collected Sunday evening has been designated for T.O.T.A.L. Ministries. 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU August 9^th at 6:00 pm

In the Fellowship Hall

At Central United Methodist Church

233 North Church Street

Spartanburg, South Carolina      

Tranquility with Tea

Our prayerful meditation and contemplation,

 A Brief Meditation for Mind-Trippers

has been created and will be offered by Tim Brown.

During our time together we will be reminded of the human habit of mind-tripping as a context for the practice of meditation,

 briefly cover the basics of breath-centered meditation,

 and spend the largest portion of time in a guided, seated Meditation.

Tim Brown is an access-services and research librarian at Wofford College.  

He grew up in a free-spirited Roman Catholic home and since college has developed interest in a variety of other spiritual practices.  

His curiosity is free-ranging and he enjoys essay-writing, ink-painting, choral singing, trout-fishing, horseback-riding, sailing, canoeing, gardening and keeping chickens as pets.

A portion of the offering collected that evening has been designated for 

Hope Center for Children – 

 formed when the Ellen Hines Smith Girl’s Home and the Children's Shelter of the Upstate combined forces to provide

 a broader array of services to meet the needs of children and families in our community.      

Sunday Evening, July 12th at 6:00pm

In the Fellowship Hall

Central United Methodist Church

233 North Church Street

Spartanburg, South Carolina

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE 12th

AND

WISH YOU A WONDERFUL & SAFE JULY 4th HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!