St. John's Common Room

Cooler days for walking the labyrinth

In every Sunday bulletin we note that our outdoor labyrinth is open daily. Now is the season to truly enjoy walking our labyrinth, found on the north-east corner of our property (41st Street and S Atlanta Place).

Follow the path because there are no tricks or dead ends...just walk from the entrance to the center and back out again. Many have found that this path becomes a mirror for where they are in their lives,  touching sorrows and releasing joys. In the coolness of the season, it's easier to walk with an open heart and mind.

We invite you to walk the labyrinth yourself or invite a friend to join you!

 

O taste and see that the Lord is good!

 

This week I have been marveling at the number of bees and butterflies around the Garden of Hope. We have pulled out the tomatoes, chopped down the okra (note to us: don’t plant okra in raised beds in the future…it’s hard to harvest without a step ladder), and planted some fall crops: turnips, beets, spinach and lettuce. While the cucumber plants look past their prime we are still harvesting cucumbers. You’ll notice a new structure near our garden. Thanks to George and Susan Moffat who have built our compost bin, which is now ready for use.

I am glad that we have an “embodied” faith. I picked some basil the other day and was reminded of the phrase, “O taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm 34:8)

For photos see http://sjtulsa.typepad.com/photos/garden_of_hope_4/

 

Habitat for Humanity wall raising

Our partnership with Trinity and Holland Hall has built more Habitat for Humanity houses than any other church sponsor in Tulsa.

On September 11^th we participated in the wall-raising for our 13^th house, built in cooperation with the Landrum family, who will own this house, and Tulsa University’s wonderful corps of Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

Unlike in some previous years, we had a beautifully sunny morning. Irv Cutter gave the invocation, all the partners spoke to the importance of building a home, and then the walls were raised.

For pictures of the event see http://sjtulsa.typepad.com/photos/habitat_for_humanity_2010/