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United Methodist Church 501 Hampton Lane (Beltway Exit 27B & Dulaney Valley Road) email: towsonumc@towsonumc.org Towson, Maryland 21286 410-823-6511 Elevator is available to access all 3 floors! .
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Prayer Vine We have an active prayer vine responding to the concerns of our members and friends, with its participants receiving the prayer requests by telephone or email. Requests, and for those who would like to join our Prayer Vine, please call Barbara Shaw 410-252-2516.
We celebrated our first year anniversary in May and have donated a total of 45 prayer shawls for persons in need of God’s love and our prayers! Comments from some of the people who have received our shawls: “It was a wonderful comfort.” “They bring so much comfort and warmth…” We now want to expand our ministry and have set a goal of making a total of 100 shawls by the end of this year—that means we need to make 55 more shawls by our December meeting. We need your help!
How can you contribute to our ministry?
One more opportunity—some of us are planning to attend a one-day retreat on yarn ministries at the Bishop Claggett Center in Western Maryland on Saturday, October 25th, 2008. (Cost is $30 per person and includes lunch.) Let us know if you’d like to attend! For questions or to help, please contact us.
We now have a sign at the entrance to the Prayer Labyrinth. Look for it on the east side of the parking lot, at the edge of the woods. Thank you Bud Rough, we appreciate your time and woodworking talent! If you haven’t yet walked the TUMC labyrinth, this would be a nice time of year to try it. Located in the Cassen Memorial Park in the wooded area next to the church parking lot, this peaceful path offers a unique and special way to connect with God. You can take as much time as you’d like to walk along the stone-lined circuits of the labyrinth. The same path that takes you into the center brings you back out. There are no “dead ends” and no wrong turns. Spend time in the labyrinth in prayer or meditation. It might give you peace in a hectic world, respite from the worries of your daily life, or a chance to be with God in a way that you have never before experienced—or maybe all three! After walking through the woods, make sure you check yourself for deer ticks, many of God’s four legged creatures live in the Park.
Niches are available for purchase by contacting Judy Hobbs at 410-337-9013.
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