Martha just returned from a two week pilgrimage in southern France that included significant spiritual, healing, artistic, and historic locations. Among the artistic sites were two where Vincent Van Gogh painted hundreds of pictures including those that featured irises. Iris are in full bloom in the “gravel garden” at the end of our parking lot. […]
Jeneane emailed Martha a few months back and mentioned that she would like to paint the monarchs for Mayfield and asked if that was okay. We agreed that it was and we agreed on a canvas size. This past Sunday Jeneane brought to church this stunning painting that now hangs above the sink in our […]
Pictured above is part of the set-up for last Saturday’s Bookcase Project Presentation. You can see how beautiful the bookcases are. Each of the children received over 30 books for their starter libraries. It was a glorious afternoon at Faranda’s as children and their families gathered. Mayfield was well represented by Martha and the Scott […]
Tomorrow, the first Saturday in May, is International Labyrinth Day. Our next intergenerational labyrinth walk, as part of the congregation’s participation in Lar’s confirmation, will be on Sunday, May 5 at 9:00 am and will be our acknowledgement of International Labyrinth Day. Walkers of all ages are encouraged to join us. We hope to see […]
Finally Green! Eastertide Appreciation Easter stretches forward from Easter Sunday for The Great 50 Days. Our worship and meals together during Holy Week and on Easter Sunday were enriched by those who attended services and meals, set and re-set our worship space, contributed food, gardened, mowed, and cleaned up winter debris, provided special music, served […]
Our early spring plants with their splashes of color have had to be very determined this year. Warm weather has been sporadic, and Palm Sunday brought a thick blanket of very wet snow. It is wonderful to watch them prevail. Maundy Thursday Supper and Worship — Tonight The evening begins at 6:30 pm with a […]
In Europe, there are no palm trees. And so, historically, European churches have used pussy willows, which are early spring branches, as a substitute for the palms on Palm Sunday. These days palms are shipped all over the world for Palm Sunday services. At Mayfield we are fortunate to have both palms from far away […]
Yesterday, when I met in Rockford with my writing group there, I parked on a dry street. Three weeks ago when we last gathered to write, I parked in the same place on a sheet of ice. Green is pushing up through the ground. It looks like there is a nesting pair of cardinals near […]
The fourth Sunday in Lent like the third Sunday in Advent is a Sunday of Joy. The color for joy in these seasons is a rose shade of pink. If there is anything in your closet that is pink, wear it this Sunday. The detail above from the purple stole that hangs on our baptismal […]
In 2014, at the end of my first year here, as we made our way out beyond the polar vortex, spring was ushered in for me by my initial sighting of a returning red-winged blackbird on March 18. This year I spotted the leader of the red-winged pack on March 12 and a few days […]