Our church is closed for about three months because it is being refurbished. They are repainting it, and making some changes in where the tabernacle, the altar, the chair for the celebrant and the baptismal font are located. The huge part of the project is that they are removing each of the stained-glass windows, and sending them to Iowa for repair. It is kind of a historical moment for the church, so I volunteered to take some photographs for the historical record. The thing that struck me first were some of the statues in the church that were covered with plastic for protection during the construction.
This is the organ and some chairs, also covered.
This is the Sanctuary, covered with construction materials and scaffolding. What a huge project. The finished painting that I have seen is just beautiful!
Glad you volunteered to take photos. Hope you have photos of where the alter, baptismal font and original placement was so you can show us when they move to a different location. It amazes me that they are removing the stained glass windows for repair. I imagine they are very fragile and would think it would be easier to repair on site.
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The pastor told me that they interviewed several stained glass window repair facilities. One of them would have taken the windows down and repaired them on site. He felt that even though there was a risk in transporting them, he was more comfortable having them taken to a facility for the work.
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