The Lectern (where the Word of God is read) and the Altar (where the bread and wine becomes the body and blood) were made from the altar of the old church. The stone was subjected to the fire but it had endured the heat. Because it was hard to move it, I ordered it cut into pieces. After it was cut into two, we thought it can be of use in the new church. Later, we saw it as a good base for the lectern and the altar in the new church. Again, that was consistent with the now emerging theme of the"old and the new"! As it happened, the stone fit perfectly in the altar. They were good remembrances of the old altar. Incidentally, the Eucharist is actually a "remembering" of what Jesus did in Calvary and the Word of God is a remembering of what Jesus said and did in His ministry.
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