The Trinity Labyrinth Project
History
of the Trinity Labyrinth Project
In 1997 several members at Trinity were introduced to
walking the labyrinth, it was a wish to have one here, there was a
slight problem, at that time, there was not a labyrinth small enough to
fit into the open space of our Parish Hall.
In 1998 another member saw the labyrinth at Grace
Cathedral in San Francisco, California and was not able to walk it at
that time. Ever since that day she had been thinking about this
tool and how it could possibly help to solve or answer a few questions
that she had on a spiritual level. Waiting to return to San Francisco to
experience the labyrinth was not an option for the near future, thus the
search began to find one that was the right size and bring it to
Trinity. Research began, through the use of the Internet and the
Wide World Web labyrinths in the Northern Virginia Area were located,
but all were still too large to fit into the Parish Hall. After
many phone calls were made, and more searching was done, David Tolzman
of the Labyrinth Company was found. He is a labyrinth maker that
custom designs labyrinths and was able to make one small enough to fit
into Trinity’s Parish Hall.
The labyrinth that was designed specifically for our
Parish Hall arrived for the 1st time as a rental in October
of 1999. Over the course of the whole weekend 45 walkers turned
out to experience the labyrinth. It was felt that this would be a
good ministry to develop and there was much interest for the labyrinth
to return to Trinity. Having the labyrinth here on site would be
the best way to develop this ministry. Approval from the Vestry to
purchase the labyrinth came in November of 1999. On December 7th,
1999 the labyrinth returned to Trinity, this time to stay permanently.
On December 10th the weekend of Labyrinth Open Walks began
with a dedication and blessing service of the Labyrinth. On New
Year’s Eve 1999 Trinity joined others in the Nationwide Labyrinth
Community by hosting a walk at midnight to bring in the new Millennium,
year 2000. The start of the year 2000 brings in the development of
a new ministry and experiences with the labyrinth at our church.
Rentals
and Programs available from
the Trinity Labyrinth Project
Contact the Trinity Labyrinth Project
rphillips@inei.com
Trinity Episcopal Church