• At the Annual Meeting the congregation authorized the Church Council to proceed with the construction of "Memorial Labyrinth & Garden" in the property which used to be occupied by the parsonage.
• The plans call for a 39' meditative labyrinth with a brick pathway, colored to as closely as possible match the color of the church brick walls and limestone foundation.
• Plants & shrubs would be located with intent that they be as low maintenance as possible, yet provide color as a restful setting.
• Funds for this project will come primarily from memorials and the sale of memorial or honorary bricks at $60.00 each. (We could charge more, but the intent is to make it possible for as many people as possible to be able to afford to donate in this way.)
• For your information, engraved bricks are about $20.00 each, leaving $40.00 per bricks to fund the project.
• Larger bricks for allowing more letters per line are available.
• This is an unusual opportunity.  Our church policy is that memorials will not have names engraved or marked on the memorial itself.  The fact that these memorial bricks are engrave to begin with, means that names can be recalled for years to come.
• The engraved bricks will NOT be used in the meditative labyrinth itself, but will be used on the cross patterned walkway which approaches the circular labyrinth and in the "pads" of two benches which will overlook the labyrinth.
• Memorial or honorary bricks can be purchased for anyone you desire, they need not be members of our congregation.
• The engraved bricks will have three lines:
  • the first line will be "Memory of" or "Honoring" or "Remembering" (can be used to remember a couple when one of the couple has passed an the other remains in this live)
  • the second line will include the first name or names
  • the third line will include the last name

Example:

• There is a restriction of 11 (eleven) letters per line. Please take note of this.
• Larger bricks allowing 13 or 16 letters per line are also available at a higher cost.  Contact the pastor if you are interested in these larger bricks.
• The name of the doner is not included
• It is hoped that many members of our congregation or community will have people they would like to have remembered.  And yes, it is possible to purchase several bricks in memory of the same person, but we hope that those who would like several bricks to honor someone or to donate a significant gift, would also make a cash donation to the project so that the person's name does not overwhelm the project
• There is an interesting aspect of some understandings of faith that indicates that as long as a person's name is remembered, they have life.  In archaeological digs, bricks engraved with names from as far back as 4000 years have been found, and through the individual memories of that person are gone, their name and thoughts of that person continue.
• If more space is needed than available in this form, please call the office (920-235-8340, talk to the pastor (cell phone 920-203-2272), or pick up an additional form from the shelf in the lower narthex

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