Greetings to all!
Madeleine L'Engle describes a summer walk to "the brook." Hopefully we all have
such a place to which we can walk, whether on foot or in our thoughts. Enjoy the
walk!
It's a ten-minute walk to the brook. I cross the lawn and go through the willow tree
which splashes its fountain of green down onto the grass, so that it's almost
impossible to mow around it...I wade through the clover of the large pasture.
After the pasture is traversed, I walk through a smaller pasture which has been let
go to seed because of all the rocks, and is now filled with thistles. Then there is a
stone wall to be climbed...Once I'm over the stone wall, the terrain changes. I step
into a large field full of rocks left from glacial deposits; there are many apple trees
which, this summer, are laden with fruit...Then the path becomes full of tussocks
and hummocks; my legs are etched by the thorns of blackberry brambles and
wild roses. Earlier this summer the laurel burst from snow into fire, and a few weeks
later we found a field of sweet wild strawberries. And then there are blueberry
bushes, not very many, but a few, taller than I am and, to me, infinitely beautiful.
I go to the brook and my tensions and frustrations are lost as I spend a happy
hour sitting right in the water and trying to clear it of the clogging debris left by a
fallen tree.
(edited from A Circle of Quiet)
The Scripture lessons for Sunday, July 18:
Amos 8:1-12
Colossians 1:15-28
Luke 10:38-42
Sunday Conversations continue this Sunday, July 18, 10am, in Trinity Hall. The topic
for this Sunday: How Can We Love Practically Anybody? Feel free to enjoy a cup of coffee,
join the conversation, or just listen in.
Summer Food Drive: Bring non-perishable food items over the Sundays of the
summer to be part of Walnut Hill's Summer Food Drive. Place your donations in the
big blue barrel located in Trinity Hall. When the barrel is full, God's Pantry will distribute
the items throughout central and eastern Kentucky.
A printed newsletter is in process for publication at the end of July. Contact the
church office by replay email or by phone (263-5304) if you would like to submit
an article for this edition of the Walnut Hill Newsletter. Special thanks to our
newsletter editor, Lisa Smith.
The Vestry will meet this Sunday, July 18, 9:30am, in Trinity Hall.
Camp Season: Ben Horman is at Cathedral Domain this week. Keep Ben and other
campers in your prayers for a safe and fun week. Remember that Walnut Hill
provides 50% scholarship to all Walnut Hill children/youth attending programs at
either Cathedral Domain or Camp Burnamwood.
Thanks to....Doug Price for his service at the organ and Jay Crutcher for his
special music presentations this past Sunday; Anne Atchison, Marian Congleton,
and Mary Ann Davis for our after worship refreshments.
Peace to all.
Mike Ward
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