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Epiphany, East Providence
Thanks for sharing photos of Palm Sunday and Easter! The Paschal candle is spectacular- so easy to do using the jello mold ring, yet so effective and festive. The idea of a fan of palms around the...
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On the Road
This week I am visiting my family in the little Eastern Shore town of Vienna, Md. The Episcopal church there, Saint Paul’s parish, (Diocese of Easton) is celebrating its 300th anniversary. A...
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Divine Flower Arranging
I have worked for many years as a florist, managed a shop, and conducted training workshops for flower arranging for churches- but I must say I have never been so enlightened and amused by any...
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Anthuriums for Christmas
If you have a small shrine in a side aisle or chapel, don’t forget to add a few fresh greens and flowers over the niche or at the base of the statue when doing festival flowers. This is a polychromed...
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Beauty in Unexpected Places
Pew ends, wreaths on front doors and of course the altar are the usual and first places which come to mind when we set about making the sanctuary beautiful for Christmas. And Christmas must carry on...
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Palm Sunday Decoration
Thanks to Greg and the Liturgical Arts Committee at Nativity of the Lord Church in Cudahy, Wisconsin for sharing these photos from Palm Sunday. Curly willow is always a good choice to get the vertical...
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Easter Vigil
Thanks to Greg and the Liturgical Arts Committee of Nativity of the Lord Church in Cudahy, Wisconsin for these photos. Wow- one of the prettiest pew end designs I have ever seen!. Greg writes, “We...
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Ascension Sunday Flowers
If you ever find yourself in Boston, on Brimmer Street, do pay a call to the Church of the Advent. I once visited on Ascension Sunday and wished I had thought to bring a camera. We can learn a lot...
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St. Peter’s-by-the-Sea
Sorry to be missing in action for so long. June flew by helping my youngest to relocate to Hartford. It was a busy month. In May the parish administrators gathered for our annual luncheon. This...
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Recruiting for the Altar Guild
Photo from St. Peter’s in Columbia, Tennesee This has been a week for receiving calls or emails about a problem many guilds share across the state- and the country. How do we entice new members to...
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Summer’s ending
With hurricane Earl on the way up the cost and the news that we have had 33 days thus far of over 90 degree days this long summer, what a blessing to contemplate Autumn on the doorstep. Sacristies are...
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A Visit to Saint Paul’s in Wickford
http://www.stpaulswickford.org/ I hope you will enjoy this slide show made today on a visit to historic St. Paul’s in Wickford. The afternoon winter light was just right for viewing the wonderful...
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