On July 12, they saw the church close following its 10 a.m. service..
"It was pretty emotional," said Greg Stamos, a local lawyer and Holy Trinity member. "A lot of longtime parishioners, some from out of state, came back for the final service.
Some 55 parishioners heard the Rev. Joel McEachen, their pastor for the past 35 years, bless their spiritual and physical well-being in a service the Greek Orthodox call Artoklasia. They heard him memorialize ancestors who passed on over the decades. And they heard him encourage them to take their faith to a new Orthodox church.
"I told in my Father's home there are many mansions," he recalled. "That every place the divine liturgy is heard is one."
