The painting by artist Lenore DePree is drawn from the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder (Genesis 28), when Jacob awakes and says: "Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this place, and this is the gate of Heaven."

"Surely the Presence" is a 12-foot Altar piece installed over the Communion Table in the Mount Jefferson Presbyterian Church of West Jefferson, NC. If you are in town, ring the doorbell and ask to see the painting.