![Canon Jacobs and Fr. Michael Allen ring a celebration at the close of the service. PHOTO COURTESY TRINITY, ALLENDALE Canon Jacobs & Fr. Michael Allen ring a celebration at the close of the service](https://dioceseofnewark.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_image/public/images/20130721TrinityAllendale-2.jpg?itok=jMmVGYfO)
Trinity Episcopal Church in Allendale held a ground-breaking ceremony Sunday, July 21 to mark and bless the sacred ground on which construction will begin for new classroom and community parish spaces.
Among the special participants were the Rev. Canon Gregory A. Jacobs, the Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Newark, and Mayor Vince Barra of Allendale.
The Rev. Michael Allen, Rector of Trinity Church, led the service. After parishioners encircled the footprint of the planned addition to symbolize the People of God, by God's grace, making sacred space, the ground was marked and the earth was "turned" and blessed.
Parishioners at Trinity Episcopal Church of North Bergen County represent communities of Allendale, Waldwick, Upper Saddle River, Saddle River, Wyckoff, Mahwah, and Ramsey.
L-r: Ruth Schulze, Tim Cross, Karen Roy, Anthony Baglino of Baglino Builders, Mayor Vince Barra
of Allendale, Canon Jacobs, the Rev. Allen, and Sharon Pierson. PHOTO COURTESY TRINITY,
ALLENDALE.