Norman Tuck, who worked at the Crystal Cathedral in California, shows memorabilia from his days there at his apartment in Slippery Rock on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Butler Eagle file photo

More than 10,000 panels of glass that made up the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif. Window No. 2707 belonged to Norman R. Tuck by 2012.

In 1973, Tuck got the idea to sell everything, move to California and join the Crystal Cathedral. Tuck worked for the Crystal Cathedral as the volunteer coordinator, New Hope director and cast coordinator for 20 years before retiring and returning home to Pennsylvania in February 1994.

The cathedral, which once had 10,000 members throughout the United States, was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in November 2011 for $57.5 million due to the bankruptcy of Crystal Cathedral Ministries.

Tuck retired after working at the Crystal Cathedral and part-time at Disneyland for fun. He then joined the Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church and has given sermons throughout the community.