About the Garage Shop
“My Boss was a Woodworker”
The Garage Shop is a stewardship of the gifts of my soul and
the use of the breath in my body. We have never made a dime of
profit on any commissioned project we have built. It is a joy to
have these tools and space to be able to serve God. ‘What we
have is a gift from God. What we do with it, is our gift to
God.’
If you would like to commission a project for your community;
we would be happy to chat with you. You may contact me at my
office: 510-889-7233 X101 or
contact us here.
Blessings,
--Mark
Our Beginnings...
In 2000, I began my woodworking in earnest when I needed to
build some chapel furniture for my chapel community. I looked at
the supply catalogs and had a LOT of heartburn spending three or
four thousand dollars of the tax payer's money on furniture when
I had no idea how long the Navy would assign me to the base, so
I went to Home Depot and purchased $100 of wood (my money) and
designed and crafted an altar and baptismal font. From these
first two woodworking projects have sprung hundreds of others.
In June 2003, our family said good-bye to the military
community and returned to the parish. I am currently the rector
(senior priest) of
Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Castro Valley, California.
Looking for a community of faith, come and see...
I am formerly an active duty Navy Chaplain. Below is a
picture of me on an exercise in Thailand with Marines making 'Helo'
insertions. I served in the Navy as an Enlisted Boiler
Technician (Second Class) in the seventies as well.
I have done some woodworking in the past, but never very
seriously. I have worked on and off as a residential
electrician, mainly during my school years and when I got out of
the Navy (for the first time).
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