This morning we had our first service since the church burned down last Thursday. A few bits and pieces were recovered from the church.
This first photo is a section of the cross that was carried during the processional at the beginning and end of each service.
This is the back of one of the kneeler pads which were all made of needlepoint by the ladies of the church. The design was on the front and this is the back which shows the names of the people that the kneelers were dedicated to. It is amazing that this material survived as the temperature of the fire was estimated to be between 1000 to 1500 degrees.
This banner survived fully intact because it wasn't in the fire. The story is as follows: Thursday, the day of the fire, was Veteran's day. Some of the school children made a banner for that event. They needed a pole to hang their banner on, so they borrowed the pole that this banner was hanging on from the church on Wednesday. Thus, this banner ended up being safely stored in a classroom when the fire broke out and was consequently spared.
That kneeler pad is amazing! It is so sad that all those ladies' hard work got destroyed.
ReplyDeleteHow groovy that the banner survived. I had no idea. Awesome. I'm thrilled that the cross made it out, and the kneeler also. I understand there are broken chunks from the Baptismal font as well.
ReplyDeletethanks Joan!
ReplyDeleteBlair: The kneeler project took 10 years from start to finish, so yes, a lot of hard work was lost. The good thing is that we still have the patterns, so they can be remade at some point down the road if some stitchers want to take that project on.
ReplyDeleteCami: Yes, there are some small pieces of the baptismal font that were picked up. My photo of those were kind of blurry. There was also the base of a candlestick and some other pieces of melted metal that I couldn't identify.