Click here for a link to Perry Flippin's interview of Charlotte that ran in the Thursday, Dec 14th issue of The San Angelo Standard Times. *Charlottes studio is at 1000 MLK Dr, San Angelo, Tx 76903; it is on the same street as The Chicken Farm Art Center, but several blocks from it.
Gracing the San Gabriel Presbyterian Church in Georgetown Texas is Charlotte Rufenacht's latest grand acheivement.
Plaque applied to the back of the cross
The mesquite cross is around nine feet tall and 5 feet wide and the four men who hung it up high agree that it is about 400 pounds. Charlotte was stunned when she received the call about creating the key piece to the altar and then was requested for it to be installed by Christmas Eve. With a quick prayer she told the architect, "If God didn't think I was able, he wouldn't have had you call me."
For such a large job one could expect certain pitfalls, but this creative process flowed with ease. The Lord was watching over Charlotte, knowing that this cross would touch so many. Respectfully Charlotte nailed a small plaque on the back of the cross stating...
Created by God assisted by Charlotte Stephenson Rufenacht December 2006
Special Thanks from Charlotte to Len and Judy Lester, Ed Drake, Paul Paschel and crew, Bill Holland and the crew working at San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, Megan Rufenacht, Sharida Verdooren,Wayne Graham and James Hales, and All family and friends for their support and love.
Texas Blessings....Our Lord in Heaven above created the beautiful mesquite tree. It was his blessing to West Texas. It is my job to find the cross hidden within......Charlotte Rufenacht
