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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Church hosts 1,000 paper crane project
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Rev. Jody Spiak and his wife Crystal
Middleton, of the Milton-Marlboro United
Methodist Church, said their Sunday
School kids spearheaded a program in
January to make paper origami cranes
that eventually involved the entire church
community. Rev. Spiak said the initiative
was so successful, “that everyone was
folding,” the paper cranes, which quickly
totaled 1,000 in all.
Middleton said the tradition of folding
cranes comes from an old Japanese
legend [Senbazuru] about granting health
and wellness. Rev. Spiak said that his
church recently went through a difficult
year, with the passing of Bonnie Mann, a
beloved church musician as well as some
members who moved away.
“It was a hard year for the church
and we were trying to think of a way,
not only to represent healing in our own
congregation, but to extend that to the
community and invite them into that
process,” he said.
In late May the 1,000 cranes were hung
up above the church altar and pews in
a decorative manner, using clear nylon
lines.
“It was exciting that first Sunday
morning to see the expressions on
people’s faces,” he said.
In the spring, Rev. Spiak had been
giving a series of sermons on hope and
healing as well as on promises, pointing
out that the meaning of the cranes fit in
perfectly. He said the crane initiative has
helped to keep his church relevant and
has drawn people to them.
In an ongoing outreach effort, Rev.
Spiak said hi