An anonymous Asbury family has offered to match all donations up to $25,000! For the month of March, we’re doing a Labyrinth Prayer Garden Matching Campaign. All donations to the garden will be matched between now and March 31.
This is where we need your help! We value your partnership and would love for you to share this wonderful matching opportunity with your Asbury friends, small groups, and classes. Every donation makes a difference!
Asbury’s vision and hope is to build a labyrinth garden on the campus outside the sanctuary on the first floor. What is now an unused spot of dirt and weeds, can hopefully be transformed into a place of hope, healing, and communion with God. The garden will be open to all.
Asbury members & friends walk a prayer labyrinth as part of a Maundy Thursday contemplative experience.
Many labyrinths are circular with a single winding path into and out of the center. There are no obstacles or dead ends as in a maze. As each step is taken, you get closer and closer to God, who is there beside you and waiting for you as you reach the center of the labyrinth.
For centuries, labyrinths have been a spiritual symbol of a pilgrimage toward God. It is on this sacred pilgrimage that our wondering soul walks humbly with God, welcoming the Divine to the center of our lives.
What will the garden look like?
The garden will include a prayer labyrinth, water fountain, and a variety of trees, shrubbery, and flowers. Benches will be placed throughout the garden.
We've received a $25,000Match!
An anonymous Asbury family has offered to match all donations up to $25,000! For the month of March, we’re doing a Labyrinth Prayer Garden Matching Campaign. All donations to the garden will be matched between now and March 31.
This is where we need your help! We value your partnership and would love for you to share this wonderful matching opportunity with your Asbury friends, small groups, and classes. Every donation makes a difference!
Each letter in the image above represents a garden element that can be purchased in honor or memory of a loved one. You may also purchase an Alabama Blue Stone that will create our labyrinth for $250. While we won’t be engraving the physical stone (due to cost), you can sign or stamp the back of your stone at a “signing day” this spring. You will also receive a certificate and map showing the location of your stone within the labyrinth. To reserve an element, call or email Adult Ministry Director Robyn White (205.995.1700).
"I purchased a bench in memory of my late husband, Tim. He would have loved this space."
"Amy and I were very excited to learn that the Labyrinth Prayer Garden is becoming reality at Asbury United Methodist Church. Having the opportunity to support that project, promoting spiritual growth and a closer relationship with the loving God who welcomes one and all as His beloved children, is such a wonderful blessing!"
I first encountered the concept of a prayer Labyrinth at Asbury's Maundy Thursday event in 2022. I went in with no expectations and came out inspired. The simple act of walking and following a path helped settle my mind and allow me to truly feel present with God. Having a labyrinth garden here at Asbury gives that dedicated, quiet space so that anyone in our community can experience that feeling.