CapDev is excited to share in the celebration of our client, St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina. St. Martin’s held its much anticipated groundbreaking at the church this past Sunday as the $2 million capital campaign, “New Space in a Familiar Place,” has paved the way for a new educational building.
You may wonder why the photo shows a child holding a rock. Well, this is a nice story…
Following a special procession to the space where their new building is to be built, the rector led a litany for the occasion, and each parishioner was provided with a large river rock. Members could write a favorite verse of scripture, their name/date, whatever they wanted, on the rocks. The rocks were then collected in a wheelbarrow and blessed, and they will be placed in the foundation of the new building by the contractor (also a parishioner of the church). The rocks are not intended to be seen, but rather serve as a symbolic gesture of the foundation the church is building in its “New Space in a Familiar Place.”
Additional photos are shown on the CapDev Facebook page. Go to www.facebook.com/CapDev to “Like” us and see more!
Return to Insights & Events