The Sammonlahti Church and parish meeting centre were designed by the Riitta and Kari Ojala architecture agency from Lappeenranta. The church is called “Beside the Still Waters” after the words of the Psalm, and it was inaugurated on the Feast of the Annunciation, on 22 March 1992. Concrete, red-brick and grey granite from Ristijärvi were used to build the church and the parish meeting centre that is an integral part of the complex. The church is open to public in the summer. Services and concerts are also held at the church.The spacious church interior is held by ten pillars (the ten commandments). There is a corridor in the church that runs from the altar to other parts of the building; this passage is lined with 12 pillars (the 12 apostles).
Water is an integral element of the church, as its name, Beside the Still Waters, suggests. Another central attribute is the altar piece, which is made of glass and grey granite. Water flows down a grove in the middle of the stone sculpture.
