The Graze V.115: Re-Formation

Dear Friends:

Mission Farm has been a space of natural beauty and retreat in the community of Killington for over 125 years. Built on her original homestead (born on this site in 1874), Elizabeth Wood Clement envisioned this space as “a meeting place for social gatherings - both mundane and sacred.”

In line with the deep listening to the Spirit on this land over the past few years, the Mission Farm landscape is being reimagined and reshaped with a focus on conservation and sustainability by a team of professionals and volunteers. This work is beginning this week with a gifted team including: Jack of Jack Rossi Landscape Architecture; Craig and Mark from Mosher Excavation; Pete from Strategic Vegetation Management; Dan and Elin from Dan Snow Stoneworks LLC; Kim French, Scott Baughman, Mitch Kimble and a host of volunteers.

The results of this project will be an amphitheater that will be available to host community gatherings, concerts and church services formed into the natural nest of the hillside; an expanded ‘green’ memorial garden behind the chapel; a revitalization of the orchard to offer more accessible space for picnics and contemplation; and a new set of gentle paths developed around an upper meadow focused on native grasses to compliment the system of trails that already exist in this space.

We would love for you to be a part of this reformation! Whether you are local or a friend of Mission Farm from a distance, you are an important part of this community - continuing the long tradition of spiritual connection through conservation, hospitality and co-creation with the abiding Spirit on this land.

For more information, see our website: www.missionfarmvt.org; or stop by for a walk or a picnic.

There are no services at Mission Farm this week. Please join St. James in Woodstock - either in person or online.

Next Sunday, July 17, we will gather in the orchard.

Looking forward to seeing you on my return.

As we are reformed,

Lisa