Latest progress at Holy Trinity

As fundraising continues, the interior of Holy Trinity is starting to see subtle changes. Thanks to the time and talents of a parishioner last week, the newly opened alcoves have been outfitted with 2 beautiful wooden adornments. One of the wooden pieces came off a section from the reredos. The other wooden adornment used to hang above the Holy Family statue. The committee and decorator however decided that these pieces would help to beautify the altar better if they were moved above the alcoves. Once professional interior work begins in September, the wooden adornments will be painted ivory and tipped in gold to match the rest of the new altar.

The Holy Family statue has also been repainted and relocated to the reconciliation room. Another parishioner is currently working on transforming the old presider chair into a base for the statue. The R & R committee strives to reuse and recycle as many different pieces of furniture and decorations as possible to maintain sentimental value at Holy Trinity and save on costs.

Furthermore, last week Kevin Autenrieb (contract decorator) picked up the recovered baptismal font and the Pieta statue to take back with him so he can restore both pieces. He also looked over the exterior windows of the church and is preparing an estimate to see how much it will cost to scrape, clean, caulk and re-install the storm windows and clean the stained glass windows. After much discussion of volunteers possibly doing the work, it was decided that the job was too much to be handled by amatuers.

Lastly, the flooring options for the altar have been narrowed down to 3 possible options. Option #1 would be to refinsih the original floor underneath the carpet. Option #2 is installing an engineered hardwood floor. Option #3 is laying down new carpet. All of the options are around $2,500. The flooring decision will be made in the months to come at the Repair and Refresh Committee meetings. The next meeting is slated at 7 p.m. on July 14 at the hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend!