A single spire pointing upward like a finger, it is a silent witness to our faith in the One True God.

Have you looked up recently? Both the steeple and the peaked roof have Budded Crosses on top. Each arm of the budded cross ends in a Trefoil design and suggests the Holy Trinity. The center circle is emblematic of eternity and suggests the eternal quality of the Redemption. Just below the peaked roof cross is a Trefoil design again and below it three Quatrefoil designs that are suggestive of the four evangelists.

The straight passageway which runs from end to end is generally called "center aisle". Sometimes people wonder why this area is left scrupulously open, after all it's the best seating in the house.

This is done for a very important symbolic purpose. The altar is always at the end representative of God's spiritual presence. The font in the rear near the entrance, indicating that by baptism one gains admission into Christian life.

Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker points out that center aisle is a parable of the way of life:

"Reaching from birth to the throne of God, From font to altar."

Three steps separate the "Nave" from the "Chancel" The three steps are symbolic of the Trinity. Note the Trefoil & the Trefoil Arch in the woodwork.

• S.P. Sanctus Pater (Holy Father)
• S.F. Sanctus Filus (Holy Son)
• S.S. Sanctus Spirtus (Holy Spirit)

"Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Glory as of old to thee, now and evermore shall be."
Thos. Scott, 1769

Like the trefoil design, also seen here between the arches, the trefoil arch is a commonly used Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity and is used frequently in Christian architechture. Also notice the fleur-de-lis designs across the top.

This is a basic trefoil design illustrated by Helen Stuart Griffith in The Sign Language of Our Faith: Learning to Read the Message of Christian Symbols (1966).

More on the trefoil arch.

The Greek Cross has arms of an equal length, no doubt developed by the artistic Greeks as being of more perfect form. It lends itself more readily to ornamentation than the Latin Cross. If surrounded by a circle or a Nimbus it is known as the Nimbed Cross.

It is said that the Latin Cross speaks of the death of Christ, and the Greek Cross speaks to the Christian religion.

The Greek cross here is featured on the church pews.

The Processional Cross has the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the four corners.

The IHS sacred monogram is in the center, and the Chi-Rho appears on the bottom leg of the cross.

This processional cross is also a "Budded Cross", with the arms ending in a Trefoil design that suggests the Holy Trinity. The Budded Cross design is widely used for processional crosses and for decorative purposes.