A small wood shop in Lititz, Lancaster County got a big surprise when a piece of its furniture showed up in front of the world. The lectern was used at the pope's mass at Madison Square Garden.

The new Wye Oak lectern, crafted by Jim McMartin and Jim Beggins of McMartin & Beggins Furniture Makers in Wittman, which will be placed in the governor's reception room, features a finely ...