We used the cloth from the st pauls labyrinth. The narrative for the journey was threefold:
1. the journey to the centre gave space to reflect on the year gone by
2. the centre was a holy space to be with God
3. the journey out gave speace to reflect on the year ahead.

During the labyrinth we projected the film finisterre which is a wonderful hour's footage of London.

The nine stations on the labyrinth were as follows (text that was printed at each is in italics)

1. stillness -
beanbags and mp3 players
listen, breathe be still
take one of the mp3 players. press play and listen (the track was breathe for jenny baker's contemplative prayer EP on proost)

2. reflect -
an icon of christ
where have you met christ this year?

3. thankfulness -
trays of ferrero rocher with words wrapped around and the text
what did god unwrap for you in 2008?
what are you thankful for?
take and eat a sweet
do what it says on the sweet paper

4. sorrow -
poem
what have you lost this year?
sometimes we only notice something when it's about to disappear.
read the poem
consider what you are laving behind

5. holy space
bread and wine and a candle
take time
be with god
feed on christ

6. gift
some origami gift boxes to make - click on thumbnail of template to see larger image.
what gifts from the past year can you carry into the next?
a person youʼve met or known for a long time
an experience - good or bad
a new skill or talent you developed
take a gift template. write the 3 gifts on the back of each of
the strips. make the gift and carry it with you.
to make the gift crease along each of the solid lines
and open them out. then, holding the corner square,
ʻplaitʼ the strips so the blank squares are hidden and
the stripes form a gift ribbon on the outside.

7. hope
an icon of christ on card with glue and paper to add to it
what are your hopes for the coming year?
we'll make an icon of christ together to symbolise the
things we hope for. for each of your hopes tear some
coloured paper or a section from a magazine page and stick
it in an appropriate place on the icon, tearing it to fit if
necessary.

8. fear
a pile of stones and a bucket of water
what are your fears and worries for the year ahead?
take a stone from the pile
imagine your fears and worries are held in the stone
in your own time drop the stone in the water
give your fears and worries to God who cares for you
leave them behind
let go

9. presence
am image with a hidden tiger in it

we had a group of visitors from calvin college who recorded a movie of the labyrinth and added it to youtube...