The Cedar Ridge Prayer Walk gives you an opportunity to integrate prayer and reflection with a forty to fifty-minute walk around the 63 acre property.  You can do the prayer in silence, or you can do it conversationally with a friend or two or three.  A prayer walk guide is sitting in a mailbox at the gazebo adjacent to the barn where prayer station #1 is located. Take the guide with you along the path.

In this prayer walk, you are invited to notice elements of God’s creation around you, and let them stimulate you to prayer and consideration about a variety of topics.  Suggested responses are arranged in 4 tracks, and marked with a box () in the guide book.  We recommend that you follow one track through on your first prayer walk, and then try another track on a second walk, and so on.  Don’t be in a hurry, and be sure to notice things that aren’t mentioned in this guide.  The most rewarding moments in your walk may come from surprises that this guide could never anticipate.  Eventually, as your practice prayerful walking, you won’t need a guide at all.  That’s the goal.

You will find white posts numbered 1 through 17 throughout the property that is connected by a maintained 5 foot wide mowed pathway.  The map included in the guide should help you find each stop. 

We hope you’ll check out the prayer walk. The following are the titles of each station and a description of their locations:

1. Gazebo Garden area:  Is adjacent to our historic barn and offers a restful view of hills, labyrinth and meadows. 
2. Labyrinth:  This stop is far enough way from traffic and noise but close enough to access easily. Walk along the dam of the storm water management pond to enter the labyrinth area. See the Labyrinth page for more information.
3. Bluebird Houses along fence row:  A quit stop east of the labyrinth, this station is on the edge of our property along the fence.
4. Second Valley/White Pine:  You have to go down and up some hills but peaks out on a beautiful view of the property.
5. Corner Fence Post:  Located at the turn of our fence line and property. 
6. Woodlands:  Just a step into the forest, this station now begins the steep walk in the woods.
7. Watch Your Step:  As you head down the steep slope toward the stream, it is a narrow but beautiful walk in all seasons.
8. Brook:  Station #8 is at the end of the slope that brings you to a bench by the stream.  
9. Rocks & Ferns:  This is a few steps west along the stream and is a lovely area with green ferns and white rocks.
10. Silence:  The last station before the climb back up the terrain to exit the woods. 
11. Climb:  A bench under a tree is in the middle of walk out of the woods. If you continue to the top of the hill, to the point where you are just out of the forest and back into the fields.
12. Re-entry:  You are officially out of the woods and have a long walk to station #13. Proceed to your right along the tree line, going down and then turning right along a path up the hill to a wooden flag pole and fire circle.
13. Fire Circle:  You’ll notice a fire circle in an open area where people sometimes go camping. 
14. Open Fields: This station is at one our property peaks in the middle of our meadow. Continue to the right side of the church building, crossing the parking lots, and stop at the old brick silo in the center of the roundabout.
15. Parking Lots/Silo:  A weird stop for prayer but at our historic silo is station #15
16. Front Porch of the Farmhouse:  Enjoy a swing ride or just a rest before approaching last station.
17. Next to the Dairy Barn:  The last prayer walk station is next to the dairy barn. Just a few steps off the farmhouse porch and to the left is our renovated barn.

We suggest you wear outdoor walking shoes as there are steep slopes and uneven terrain, bring a bottle of water for hydration and check in at the church or bring your cell phone along with you to ensure a safe walk.