The labyrinth has been called a “watering hole for the spirit” by Lauren Artress, founder and director of Veriditas, the home of the modern-day labyrinth movement. So, how did an 11-circuit Chartres style Labyrinth find its way to the Church of the Palms?
Max Klinkenborg, a Sun City transplant from Kansas City, MO is an member of the Church of the Palms since he arrived in Sun City eight years ago. When the church was planning to celebrate it’s 50th anniversary in 2019, there was a proposal that we build a labyrinth on the property. Klinkenborg had laid out four Chartres Labyrinths in the Springfield, IL area and offered to do that again on the property west of the building nearest to 103rd Avenue.
A committee was organized and volunteers were recruited to build the labyrinth with paths defined by small rocks. A gravel base was established before the paths were said out with the rocks. Some time after the dedication of the labyrinths a peace pole designed by artist Dawn Delaney was placed in the center with blue glass that is lite at night. The French cemetery cross was placed on a mound at the edge of the labyrinth…