M, I am Catholic although I have been attending a bible based church lately that I absolutely love. It seems like half the people I meet there are recovering Catholics. My H is Jewish, but was never raised with religion, so Jewish in name only. The religion issue for my MIL is more that I have beliefs rather than what they are. She and FIL are pretty anti-religion.
Also, the more I learn about you the more we have in common and you remind me of my H before he went crazy on me. He builds the most beautiful things, refinishes furniture, always working on something. I have been asking for Adirondack chairs for years now but still haven't gotten them. Have you seen the web site by a woman named Ana White? Just google her name, she has plans for just about any furniture project you can imagine, and people submit pics of their finished projects and she posts them, it is really a great place for ideas.
