Meditation Garden

Step 1: Order form for Meditation Garden Bricks

Step 2 for credit purchases: Pay for Bricks using Realm

A Meditation Garden is being created for parishioners to offer a serene outdoor contemplative space on the grounds at St. Paul’s where one can pray and meditate during the day. The garden site is behind the Canterbury House in the unused lot directly east of the Chapel. It will be encased with greenery and offer two sitting areas with benches. One area will have a water feature and the other an art installation. Behind the bush-enclosed garden a wrought-iron fence will secure the area for privacy and safety.

To support the construction of the Meditation Garden at St. Paul’s we are selling bricks etched with parishioner names to fill the garden paths. Each brick is laser etched with up to three lines available for names. Each line holds a maximum of 20 characters including spaces and commas. The bricks are $100 a piece and can be purchased online, by filling out a hard copy form, or in person after church services on each Sunday in December. Purchases may be made using cash, check or credit cards.

For questions or if you need help ordering bricks, please contact (or leave a voice message) Dianne Jenkins 252- 752-3482 or Margaret Wirth 252-258-4591.

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The Rev'd Andrew Cannan

Rector

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