February 2010

a LOVE-ly list of labyrinth events

Please join us for one or more of these labyrinth walks - mark your calendar today! I look forward to seeing you on the Path.

• Food Drive Labyrinth, Wednesday, February 17-Friday, March 26, 2010, Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2600 Lakeway Dr., Bellingham, WA, open during church office hours and worship, with special reflection times during Wednesday evening services during Lent. Bring a can of food to help “build” the labyrinth to benefit the Bellingham Food Bank. Feel free to stay and walk the labyrinth and meditate on how you can help alleviate poverty in our community and around the globe. Sponsored by the CTS Labyrinth Committee, Sunday School and Catch the Son Preschool and Kindergarten.

• “Love was not loved” one- or two-day mini retreat, Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and/or Sunday, March 28, 2010 from 12-4:30 p.m, Stillpoint at Beckside spiritual retreat center, Bellingham, WA. The purpose of the retreat is to reflect on the meaning of the cross as seen through the insights of Francis & Clare of Assisi. There will be a brief presentation about labyrinths on Saturday plus time to walk the new labyrinth currently under construction by The Laughing Flower Labyrinth Co., and an Audio Divina session with Mary Rankin, M.A. Hosted by Linda Conroy, Spiritual Director. Email Linda at lnd.conroy@googlemail.com or visit http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=285534423812&ref=mf for more information. Everyone is welcome, registration required, suggested donation, space limited, so rsvp to Linda today.

• Temporary Labyrinth, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle, WA, February 24, 2010-?, call church office for availability, (206) 364-2510. Scheduled for construction by The Laughing Flower LLC with the help of church volunteers on 2/22/10.

• Come visit The Laughing Flower Labyrinth & Landscape Co. booth at the Whatcom Home and Garden Show, March 5-7, 2010. Brought to you by the Building Industry Assocation of Whatcom County, The Show is held at The Northwest Washington Fair and Events Center, 1775 Front St., Lynden, WA, Friday 10-9 | Saturday 10-8 | Sunday 11-5.

• Open Labyrinth Walk (free and open to all), Assumption Gym, Saturday, March 20, 2010, 2116 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA, 12-5:00 p.m. Sponsored by Church of the Assumption with a Lenten-themed presentation with a brief Christian history of the labyrinth from 12-12:30 p.m., and open to the community for reflection from 12:30-5:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to walk and pray or meditate on any topic.

• Season for Nonviolence Walk (free and open to all), Saturday, March 28, 2010. Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes, WA, Afternoon Time TBA. A Season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this 13th annual international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world. Everyone is welcome to walk the labyrinth to reflect on personal growth or healing, or to envision a non-violent global society in the ways taught by Martin Luther King and Mahtna Gandhi. Sponsored by the Anacortes Center for Spiritual Living.

• Western Washington Labyrinth Network Annual Gathering, Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, cost $25 (includes lunch), contact Betty Hawkins at bhawkins53@comcast.net to register or for more information.

• World Labyrinth Day 2010, Saturday, May 1, 2010 . This 2nd Annual World Labyrinth Day is brought to you by The Labyrinth Society and is intended as a day that brings people from all over the planet together in celebration of the labyrinth as a symbol, a tool, a passion, or a practice. While the entire day is open to celebration, there is once again an invitation to ‘Walk as One at 1’. You can participate by walking a labyrinth in your time zone at 1:00 PM, to join a wave of peaceful energy as the world turns. Some enjoy walking the labyrinth with a group, but participation can be as simple as walking a finger labyrinth by yourself. The Labyrinth Locator http://www.labyrinthlocator.com has a listing of World Labyrinth Day locations. Use the 'Advanced Search' to find a location near you, and watch this newsletter and The Laughing Flower website for events in the Pacific NW.

• Open Labyrinth Walk (free and open to all), Saturday, July 3, 2010, Bellingham Country Gardens, 2838 Kelly Rd., Bellingham, WA., 12-3:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come out to the family-owned, organic, u-pick farm to kick off summer with a labyrinth walk by the fragrant strawberry patch.

• Open Labyrinth Walk, August 2010, Date/Time TBD, Stillpoint at Beckside, a spiritual retreat center just ten minutes from Bellingham, WA. Watch this newsletter and The Laughing Flower website for details.

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time for planting!

Everyone has been asking me if it's ok to plant now...and according to an informal poll I conducted with local nurseries, spring has SPRUNG in the Pacific NW and it is indeed time to get those rhodies, new trees and other lovely flowering things in the ground! Our recent relatively sunny and warm winter months have brought early buds and blooms already, and according to the experts at Bakerview Nursery and The Garden Spot, "nature knows what it's doing" and anything planted now should be ok, unless we have a long hard freeze between now and April, which is not expected. So plant away, happy gardeners...and of course, if we can help you, give us an email or phone call.

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