To worship in Christ Church is to be in the midst of much beauty. Rare stained glass windows, the fine oriental chancel rug, the creche at Christmas are just some examples of the memorials given from time to time over the years, helping to keep the memories of loved ones alive.

There are also memorial gifts of another nature, namely our altar hangings and accompanying items that are designed and constructed in traditional fashion in the liturgical colors of the Church Year. Some of these (Eucharist sets, pulpit hangings, bookmarks, etc.) become worn and need replacing due to constant handling. Such was the case of the purple pulpit hanging and purple Eucharist set, and the green pulpit hanging that had become threadbare.

The Reverend Annette Hazen, who died in 2001, attended Christ Church and served at our altar. Virginia Varnum was a long-time, devoted member who died in 1998. Funds donated in their memories at the times of their deaths have now been used to provide a new purple pulpit hanging and a Eucharist set to honor the Reverend Hazen (1929-2001) and a green pulpit hanging to honor Virginia Varnum (1915-1998.) These ladies were good stewards here at Christ Church. The memorials in their names will be dedicated appropriately on Stewardship Dedication Sunday, November 2, 2003.