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Nichols sees the panels as evidence of their religious commitment.
"Our faith stories tell us we are caretakers of this creation that God lovingly shares with us," Nichols writes in the church’s newsletter, The Tabor Trumpet. "We have a responsibility to protect the life-supporting systems God’s wisdom has put in place, for the sake of all who will depend on them in the future."
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About Mount Tabor Lutheran
Location » 175 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City
Built » Completed July 1963; dedicated March 1964
Cost » $102,000
Expanded » 1996
Architect » Charles D. Peterson
Features » Circular sanctuary, glass tower, hand-crafted, semicircular pews
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‘Where We Worship’ series
Once a month throughout 2013, The Salt Lake Tribune is featuring Utah’s sacred spaces — whether they be mighty cathedrals or modest meetinghouses, aging synagogues or modern mosques. Today » Salt Lake City’s Mount Tabor Lutheran Church.
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Peterson is overseeing the panels’ installation, which seems fitting. The retired architect has always seen light as a reflection of God.
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