Loading...St. Peter's of the Lakes Episcopal Church near Gilbertsville took a major step toward building a labyrinth, first proposed five years ago, with a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, March 2.
The ceremony followed the 11 a.m. service, with shovels being wielded by St. Peter's priest associate the Rev. Nick Jaeger,
junior warden Tim Brown along with children and parishioners.
The 45-foot-diameter labyrinth, to be constructed of crushed stone and recycled red bricks, will be situated on the church grounds adjoining the Memorial Gardens. It will be open to the public for walking and meditating, and will be wheelchair accessible.
The project will be accomplished with a combination of donated labor and equipment as well as hands-on work by members of the small western Kentucky congregation. "We started out with some donations and memorials earmarked for a labyrinth," noted Jaeger, "but the project got a real boost with the help of an offer for these of machinery and labor from one of our members who has a construction company. Once the ball got rolling, the labyrinth took a giant step to becoming reality."
St. Peter's members visited the labyrinth at New Harmony Indiana for inspiration, and like that one, St. Peter's labyrinth will have only one path that winds throughout. "It becomes a mirror for where we are in our lives," Jaeger said. "It is our hope that our community and visitors to the Lakes area will visit the site and find rest and renewal. They would be welcome to visit the church, too, but the labyrinth will be a separate area on the church grounds."
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