Parishioners give park chapel a spring cleaning
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Except for holidays like Easter Sunday and Christmas Eve the Chapel of the Transfiguration doesn't see many people from October through May.
But that doesn't mean it's unoccupied.
Signs of winter squatters were all around as St. John's Episcopal Church parishioners prepped the chapel for summer services.
Signs like a chewed-up candle discovered by members of the Altar Guild as they made sure everything in the sacristy was ready for services.
"Every season we've got to clean up from the critters," said Annie Sampson, who leads the Altar Guild with Anna Mae Kass.
As the Rev. Jimmy Bartz swept the altar he caught more than cobwebs.
"Flies and mouse poop," said Bartz, rector of St. John's.