The Rev. Tim Parsons leads the rededication of Trinity Episcopal Church at 247 Bates St. in Lewiston during a Palm Sunday service. Trinity is undergoing a multiphase renovation and transformation into a community center, while maintaining its worship services. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Sarah Strong presents a forsythia stem Sunday to the Rev. Tim Parsons, as Greg Boardman looks on from the right. Trinity Episcopal Church at 247 Bates St. in Lewiston uses local flora instead of palm fronds on Palm Sunday. “They use palm fronds in Israel because they have them, but we use pine boughs or forsythia,” says Klara Tammany, wearing the blue coat. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal