Hi Mayfield, See below the link for this weekend’s reflection and worship resources. When you open the link for “Welcome to the Rock” a brief ad may come up. You quickly have an opportunity to press the Skip Ads button. Please note at the end of the bulletin information on gifts that can be sent […]
Connected While Apart Butterfly People Jeneane emailed me a picture of this postcard with the following message a couple of months ago: “Found this old postcard yesterday while cleaning…it struck me as so humorous that I had to share it!! I can’t remember where I got it but apparently I’ve had it since 1994! Enjoy the butterflies.” […]
Connected While Apart Neighbors Who is our neighbor: the Samaritan? the outcast? the enemy? Yes, yes, of course. But it is also the whale, the dolphin, and the rainforest. Our neighbor is the entire community of life, the entire universe. We must love it all as ourselves. (Brian Patrick in Earthspirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Unity by […]
Greetings Mayfield, Below you will find the link for this weekend’s materials. Remember now and throughout this pandemic time that we remain connected even as we find ourselves apart. Continue to be safe and well. Peace Martha 8.23.20 Pentecost 12
Connected While Apart Butterfly P.S. Dear Mayfield, Last evening a group of us enjoyed Peggy’s second Mayfield Nature Talk by Zoom, “Butterfly Basics.” This morning a male Hackberry Emperor joined me as I rounded Belmont Harbor on my morning walk. Since there are hackberry trees at Mayfield, you might indeed see a Hackberry Emperor in […]
Connected While Apart Icon of Joy my water Dear Mayfield, I walked to the lake early this morning on a mission. I knew the photo I wanted to record for our upcoming weekend reflection and worship materials. On the way I met this black dog. But let me step back for a moment. This morning […]
Hi Everyone, The link for our weekend materials is below. Please let me know by Monday if there are prayer requests you would like mentioned in the web note on Tuesday. Thanks to the sausage buyers and the sellers from last Thursday evening’s successful drive-up sausage sale. Don’t forget to enjoy the Waystation and all […]
Connected While Apart Gap Year The gaps are the thing. The gaps are the spirit’s one home, the altitudes and latitudes so dazzlingly spare and clean that the spirit can discover itself like a once-blind man unbound. The gaps are the clefts in the rock where you cower to see the back part of God; they are […]
Connected While Apart Tree Talk Dear Mayfield, Winter 2019 was rough and long. Added to the usual winter winds, snow, and low temperatures, was a large quantity of ice. The ice meant it was a winter littered with pieces of trees on the ground. Theresa referred then to these downed portions of trees as tree […]
Hello All, See below the link for weekend reflection and worship materials. The beautiful “Deep Peace” toward the end of these materials may have an ad attached to its YouTube recording. If it does, you can simply tap the Skip Ads button. Be well. Stay safe. Know you are held in the love of Mayfield. […]