Lake Edge United Church of Christ

Welcome to the Seven Circuit Classical or Cretan Labyrinth
Feel free to walk this labyrinth by yourself any time during the six weeks of the Lenten season whenever the church is open. We shall offer community walks with an introduction and a discussion following on several different occasions. Please check the Sunday bulletin, Chapel Chimes, Lake Edge’s website, and by the labyrinth for specific times and dates.

You may also contact Ann Aswegan (221-2521) or Monica Wahlberg (886-3124) to schedule a community walk and facilitated discussion for whatever private group(s) you would like to invite.

Guidelines for the Walk
We come to the labyrinth walk at various stages in our spiritual journey and with a wide variety of needs and questions present in our lives. Some people find it helpful to focus their minds and hearts on a particular question as they walk the labyrinth. Others prefer to simply clear their minds and open themselves to whatever they experience on the path. Trust your experience and the Spirit to guide you on your way.

Consider these 3 stages for walking the labyrinth:

• Releasing - As you enter the labyrinth, let go of the details and preoccupations of your life and open yourself to God in prayer.

• Receiving - When you reach the center, stay there as long as you like. It is a place of meditation and prayer. Accept what is there for you to receive.

• Returning - The walk out of the labyrinth is actually and symbolically the act of taking what we have received back out into our daily lives.

Bless to us, O God,
the earth beneath our feet.
Bless to us, O God,
the Path whereon we go.
Bless to us, O God,
the people with whom we walk.