
The decorated ceiling is festooned with brightly colored banners which lead the eye up to the ceiling. In the very center of the space, there is an enormous mobile created by Jack Coffey. It floats under the banners and above the room.



John Saurer and Christie Hawkins have just returned this week to complete work on the font. They brought with them a copper-plated element of text to be placed on the bottom of the bowl below the level of the water. The lettering style on this insert was originally created here at Holden from calligraphy designed by Laura Norton. Using that calligraphy, Christie then designed the piece and supervised its implementation into a work of art in its own right. The text reads as follows: "You have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever."
Their work on the font this week will continue this week and will include carving the wooden base with an appropriate inscription.





This is a close-up of the cracked clay pot on the table at the entrance to the room.
The Village Center has been at Holden since the days the mine was in operation. At that time, the building was used as a multi-purpose space capable of accommodating many different community activities...gymnasium, theater, worship space, ballroom, movie theater. Most of those activities continue to this day. As a large open area designed to be used in many different ways, it is an incredibly difficult place to "decorate."
Much of the credit for this year's display goes to Angela Mietzke who has served the village as the worship assistant. She, in turn, was assisted in the endeavor by others in the village willing to help with advice and with the actual construction and implementation of her ideas. I hesitate to mention names. If I mention 1 person, I will omit 10 names that need to be credited. If I name 10, I will leave out 1. As always at Holden, the work was completed by means of the combined efforts of the community as a whole. Whatever needed to be done was done.
The results speak for themselves. We do, indeed, have this treasure.
3 comments:
This is absolutely superb. Thanks for sharing the story ... the photos ... you too have contributed to this! Here's to a wonderful summer!
Wanda, I LOVE reading your blog. And your poetry is beautiful! You capture so much of the essence of Holden and it's a gift to those of us on "the outside". The VC looks beautiful!
Thank you for writing!
-Dan Rhudy
Thanks, Wanda. I read Angela's description of the decor in the VC and I waited for your pictures, knowing they would be coming!
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