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The cool maple floor will lead you down the center aisle between the 13 southern red oak pews. Sneak a glance at the 9 oil paintings of the Way of the Cross, donated by an artist within the parish. Look up and take note of the 8 towering, majestic, natural spruce trusses resembling the hulls of great fishing boats, joined at an apex above a hanging Cross. Let the clean aroma of wood polish and of sulfur from candles just extinguished fill you, along with the lingering odors of perfumes and wet wool coats.
In the chancel before you, kneel and find rest and comfort on the 65 feet of hand-stitched kneelers which read:
An octagonal polished white oak communion rail surrounds the inner sanctuary. A rich, warm layered cherry wood altar with one large piece across, supported at each end by a smaller, the ends each containing 3 Brazilian rosewood Cross inlays, serves to receive our offering and prayers to sanctify our bread and our wine to be the Body and Blood of our Redeemer. Suspended above the simple altar, to the Glory of God, a beautiful, 10 foot Brazilian rosewood Cross with beveled edges catches the light of some carefully placed "sunspots" making it appear to be outlined in gold.
Behind the Chancel, bordered by natural finished slatted wood walls, a massive 40 foot high, ¾ ton wooden frame supports an approximately equal amount of lead and stained glass depicting the Holy Trinity - a hand for God the Father, a modernistic sun for God the Son, and a flame to symbolize the Holy Spirit. All this is imposed on a riot of color conveying a feeling of movement and turmoil of the world in which we live, and the ferment of the 60's, when the window was designed. Darkest at the bottom, gaze upwards to see more and more light as your eyes reach the symbols of The Father and The Son, implying a clearer vision, a clearer understanding and a greater peace as you draw closer to God.