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Symbolism abounds at St. Pauls
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This is the view inside St. Pauls United Methodist Church looking toward the front entrance. The slate for the floor was quarried in Vermont and shipped to Manteca via the Panama Canal. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO
The 1981 booklet is simply titled “Symbolism… as displayed and used at St. Paul’s.” That’s St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on the corner of Powers Avenue and East North Street in Manteca. The 12-page, hand-illustrated, typewritten, and copy machine-printed brochure may appear to be a simple publication but it is a printed repository of the deep symbolism and meaning of every piece that is seen inside and outside the church.