Every year the ladies of the Stine Sunday School class decorate the sanctuary tree with hand-made Christmas ornaments that have been part of the church decorations for a LONG time!! These special ornaments are called "Crismons". The name is a variation on Christmas ornaments and they usually depict symbols, letters or objects associated with Jesus Christ or the Christian faith.
This one is made up of two Greek letters- Chi (pronounced like pie with a k) and Rho (like row, row, row your boat) which are the first two letters in the Greek word for Christ (Chris-tos- pronounced crease-toss long o on toss).
Thank you Katy, Diana, and Wendy!