I think the coffin is a bit of a distraction. I'm guessing that Arthur is simply making a hand-made coffin, from wood he harvested and milled with his own hands and that it will turn out to be a gift from the heart for somebody at his church, maybe a homeless person or a poverty stricken parishioner. Probably somebody he had befriended, he seemed obviously upset when Dex asked why the wood couldn't just be purchased.
just a thought.
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