Labyrinth Installation Update
at Arlington Community Church
by Ruth Robinson
Have you seen it yet? The amazing design work by Lars Howlett is about 90% complete as I write this on Thursday, 2/6. Our wonderful work crews put in time, hard work and we all learned new skills. Plus we all had a lovely time – from the morning blessings as we began to delicious lunches and then a tired but happy goodbye in the afternoons.
We welcomed Lars on Monday with his assistant, John Horrell. On Tuesday and Wednesday and part of Thursday we had excellent ACC helpers. While we took it on faith as we started that all would be beautiful, and we so appreciated Lars’ patience with each of us as we learned, we saw the results Wednesday afternoon when the taped outline of the artwork was removed. There it was!
At the outset, Lars put a temporary altar in the center of the Labyrinth, complete with objects from other labryinths around the world, and sacred items from many of us. We asked in simple prayers that our intentions for this labrynith would be blessed. Indeed, while chilly when we started, the sun shone on us and warmed more than our bodies.
On knees a lot and in the kitchen were: Faith Able, Anut (our visitor in worship who is here from Thailand), Ken Barnes, Katherine Boswell, Nina Dodonova, Concha Delgado, Nina Harmon, Lauren Hotchkiss, Ken Jones, Randy and Sara Laferte, Joe Pratt, Ruth Robinson, Linda Young, Javier Gonzalez. Nina Harmon organized super snacks, breakfast goodies and lunches. It kept us going. Special thanks to Larry Brookes and Nina Dodonova for being gracious hosts to John Horrell so that he didn’t need to face commuter traffic to Santa Rosa on two nights.
There will be a community and church dedication of the Labrynith on March 28th. Details will follow.