The Church's New Dual-Fuel Burner

During the summer, the church’s new dual-fuel burner was installed in our boiler to enable us to burn either oil or natural gas as market prices vary. (Natural gas also has a substantially lower carbon impact than fuel oil.) J.J. Bafaro, Inc. completed the installation of the burner, and gas company NStar ran a new hi-pressure gas line within an existing pipe from Main Street, directly below our Memorial Garden. New pipe needed to be laid at an “elbow” located near the lower State Street door to the church. To save the church the cost of having NStar remove the brick entryway and dig a 2-foot deep, 15-foot long trench to the building, Bob Shaw and the Building and Grounds Committee organized a ditch-digging work party on July 10. At the height of the summer’s heat and humidity, an enthusiastic crowd of men and women (and one very dedicated 5-year-old!) brought their shovels and buckets and made light of the task. Work was completed by noon, and Nstar came the following week to complete the work on the pipe connections and meter installation. A “warm” thank-you to those who invested sweat equity in this project!