Chancel Window

     The Chancel window immediately attracts the attention of every worshipper who enters the front door. Worshippers face it during the service. It portrays the sufferings, death and resurrection of Christ, who is the center of our teachings and worship. The numbers in the diagram indicate the events pictured:

Stained Glass Window

Description of Stained Glass Window
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  1. The triumphal entry into Jerusalem on "Palm Sunday"
  2. Jesus washing the feet of a disciple (John 13:5)
  3. The Last Supper (Matt. 26:20)
  4. Jesus praying in Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46)
  5. The betrayal kiss by Judas (Matt. 26:47-49)
  6. The trial before Pilate who is seated at the right; a scribe is seated at the left (matt. 27:2 and 11)
  7. Jesus falling under the weight of the cross (John 19:17)
  8. The crucifixion with Mary, His mother, and John, the beloved disciple, standing by (John 19:25-27)
  9. The burial (Luke 23:52-53)
  10. The three women and an angel at the tomb on Easter morning (Mark 16:1-6)
  11. Doubting Thomas (kneeling) adores the risen Christ (John 20:26-28)
  12. The ascension with two angels kneeling in adoration (Luke 24:50-52)
  13. Moses lifting up a serpent in the wilderness (Numbers 21:5-9) to which Jesus refers in John 3:14.
  14. Moses at the rock from which water flowed miraculously to save the Israelites from dying of thirst - a symbol of the blood which flowed from the side of Jesus when pierced by a spear (Numbers 20:7-11 and John 19:34)

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