Details at Holden and Dale

I led worship at Holden and Dale Lutheran Churches this weekend, which was delightful, as always. Just thought I'd share a few fun details that weren't among my previous pictures of these places.


A view of Holden as I approached from the east. I mentioned before that they call it the "cathedral in a cornfield," and now you can see why.




This might be my new favorite stained glass window. (At least until next week, when I'm sure another will catch my eye somewhere else and it'll be my new favorite until the cycle starts over.) Anyway, it's over the altar at Holden but I hadn't really paid close attention to the subject matter before. It's the women and the angel at the empty tomb. Love it!




It's still Christmas until Epiphany on Thursday. Here's the tree at Holden. The bottom branches are about waist-level on me, and my head hit around the second or third tier from the bottom. Very large tree. I wish I had been around as they wrestled it into the sanctuary.




The new doors at Dale. The etching was inspired by one of Dale's stained glass windows.




The cute little archway by which one enters the Dale sanctuary from the narthex. This building has lots of fun nooks and crannies and interesting bits of character like this.