Trinity Episcopal Church Cross Artwork Unveiling and Blessing, November 24, 2013

Parishiner Debra Dorzweiler prepares materials for Sunday service beneath Local artisan and former art teacher at Southeast Junior High Jim Hawtrey's carved cross hung in the atrium of the Trinity Episcopal Church at 320 East College Street in Iowa City on Sunday November 24, 2013. The cross was presented and blessed during a short ceremony in between Sunday services. The piece was carved from Texas Red Cedar, sourced from the Hawtrey family farm, and was completed over the better part of the past year by Jim and his brother Chuck Hawtrey. (Justin Torner/Freelance for the Press-Citizen)