As we exited the church on Sunday morning, I commented to Phillip on how lovely the Emmaeus Chapel looked. Over the past few weeks, Gail Frigon and her son Bill redecorated it and restored it. As Ginny Bliss had pointed out during announcements, with the new blue vertical blinds covering the choir's file cabinets, and the refurbished furniture, "...the chapel looks like a chapel again!" Phillip's reply to me was "How do we thank them for all their hard work?"

And how do we say thank you to Bob Dorn and Alisa West? Working together they have repainted all the walls that were damaged by water seeping in from this winter's melting ice dams. After the Sunday morning service, Bob took me downstairs to see the progress they have made. Bob and Alisa have painted the entire east wall, along with the stained ceiling tiles; and then Bob painted four of those large pillars that hold up our ceiling. He rented a sander to sand the entire floor before priming it and re-painting it, including the baseboards. Their final step (the frosting on the cake, so to speak) is that they plan to examine the legs of every red metal folding chair to be sure it has a rubber "foot" to ensure that there is no more scraping. How do we say thank you to them for their hard work?

If you ask them, I am sure they will say that no thank you's are needed. They love Grace Church, and this is just something they wanted to do. In the past, the chapel has been the setting for our small Thursday morning healing services. I hope that, in the near future, we can once again have a weekday service there. St. George's hall is where our Boy Scouts meet, along with other large groups. The hall is can be rented out for Blue and Gold banquets, birthday parties, and bridal showers. This is a wonderful space that boasts its own bathroom and proximity to the kitchen. Phillip has some exciting ideas that involve our youth and St. George's Hall.

If you haven't taken a walking tour of Grace Church I urge you to do so. Check out our chapel and our newly painted classrooms, stairwell, and St. George's Hall. And, just in case, when you see Gail and Bill Frigon, Bob Dorn, or Alisa West, you can say, "Thank you so much for your hard work!"