Rumple Presbyterian Church in Blowing Rock recently acquired two frescoes by celebrated artists, Ben Long.

These works, "The 23rd Psalm" and "The Good Shepherd," will be used by the church to raise awareness around its missions.

Here are a few scenes from the dedication of these two remarkable frescoes.

- And in 2006, Ben was commissioned to paint a frescoes for a hospice center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

And Ben Long is probably one of the foremost fresco painters in the world.

And we were told about the frescoes and the fact that they might be available for purchase.

And so we as a church got together and decided that we would offer to purchase the frescoes and move them to Blowing Rock.

I talked to Ben and his family about that, and he was thrilled with the idea of his frescoes movement to Blowing Rock.

Blowing Rock and art are synonymous words, and this just adds to the overall art community here.

We expect literally thousands of people to come through here to view the frescoes.

- My hope, and I think our hope as a congregation, is that we will welcome thousands, even tens of thousands of people into this space every year.

But these paintings depict biblical art and they depict stories that I think are really beautiful.

And so people may never wander into the sanctuary, but they will wander into this space.

And so I think it just offers us an opportunity to connect with a even wider part of the community who we might not have connected with otherwise.

And so that's my real hope, is that we'll be able to engage even more people in this space.

- If you want to see the newly installed Ben Long frescoes, Rumple Presbyterian Church is at 1218 Main Street in Blowing Rock, and you can view them Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00.

To find out more, go to rumplechurch.org.