Happy Halloween As leaves pile up this time of year with their rich colors and evidence of lives well lived, I am always reminded of our celebration of Memorial Sunday or All Saints Day. It is then that we recall the many lives that have gone before us and helped shape who and how we […]
Toward the end of our anniversary celebration last Sunday an intergenerational group from the congregation put the Monarch Waystation to bed for the winter. Hopefully, this cage will protect the New Jersey tea plant from munching animals this winter. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a wonderful 158th Anniversary Sunday last week. Reformation Sunday […]
This milkweed seed won’t be caught long in the dried seed pod of a cone flower. The prairie wind was trying to shake it loose as I framed this picture. Fall’s abundance is evident in all the seeds that are on the move at the moment. Birds and butterflies are migrating, trees are releasing their […]
autumn shades are quickening all around us. Mayfield Fellowship The Mayfield Fellowship enjoyed an excellent meeting at Oakcrest on Thursday, October 11. It was good to have Phyl and Dawn with us from South Dakota. We had a delicious lunch and time for conversation before a very informative presentation by two members of the Safe […]
an autumn shade of purple a seasonal contrast of color Confirmation 2018: The Wisdom of the Journey Confirmation, “The Wisdom of the Journey,” begins tomorrow morning. Once a month between now and the end of May there will be an open invitation to the congregation to join Lars in the labyrinth walks that will lend […]
Happy first hours of fall 2018. One of the quieter sides of the season is the scattering of an abundance of seeds. For next year’s monarchs, these milkweed seeds are essential. Confirmation 2018: The Wisdom of the Journey The journey theme has been woven into the texture of the Mayfield congregation since our earliest years […]
One of the Monarchs who visited the Waystation during the July 16 Garden Walk. Waystation Updates Around 160 people visited our Monarch Waystation for the Master Gardeners’ Garden Walk on July 16. It was a beautiful day for welcome, participation, and learning about monarchs, their migration, and habitat actions we all can take. On Monday, July […]
Currently blooming in the Mayfield Monarch Waystation Sunday School Car Wash to Benefit the Monarch Waystation This Sunday June 10 our children will be washing cars after worship. All proceeds from their free will offering car wash will be directed to this season’s expenses in the Mayfield Monarch Waystation. Go home with a clean vehicle […]
The columbine was a hummingbird’s paradise this week. Movie Night at the Robs Tonight, May 26, is our first summer movie night in the Robs’ backyard. The movie will start about 8:15 pm. You are welcome to come and mingle any time after 7:30 pm. Tonight we will be seeing The Greatest Showman, a winter […]
Spring color is finally arriving! Mother’s Day Offering This year’s Mother’s and Father’s Day offerings are united by the theme of Younger and Older. Our “younger” offering for Mother’s Day will benefit Heart to Art, a special interdisciplinary arts camp, based in Chicago, for children and young people ages 7-14, who have experienced the death […]