The greening of the church

Today we decorated the church with garlands of evergreens. During the week, piles of fir, cedar, holly, and pine were left by the church door, and today they were clipped into small sprigs and sewn together in long garlands. Our altar guild members are expert at this: they take a nylon rope and wire the sprigs of green onto the rope. The combination of different greens gives variety to the eye and makes the garlands very attractive. In addition, we have two large evergreen wreaths hanging behind the altar.