Sanctuary Window 6—The Friend of Sinners—C

It’s another Windows Wednesday! Today we are looking at the bottom portion of Sanctuary Window 6—The Friend of Sinners. This window has examined the Christ-like quality of extending God’s love to everyone, including those who have sinned. In this image, we see a...
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Job

Sanctuary Window 7—The Man of Sorrows—A

Here we are for another Windows Wednesday! Today, we will begin to look at Sanctuary Window 7—The Man of Sorrows. The highest portion of the window, the Old Testament image, comes from the book of Job. The book tells the story of Job, a man considered to be pious and deserving of...
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Sanctuary Window 7—The Man of Sorrows—B

Here we are for another Windows Wednesday! We are studying the seventh Sanctuary window, The Man of Sorrows. Today we will look at the middle portion; the scene from the life of Christ. Pictured here, we see Jesus bearing His cross with the help of Simon the Cyrenian, as told in...
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Sanctuary Window 7—The Man of Sorrows—C

It’s Windows Wednesday again, and our last day with Sanctuary Window 7: Christ, the Man of Sorrows. Today we’ll be looking at the lowest portion of the window representing a scene with the Holy Spirit reflecting this quality. In the image, we see Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Sanctuary Window 8—Son of God—A

Today for Windows Wednesday, we will begin examining Sanctuary Window 8, featuring Christ as the Son of God as its theme. The uppermost section of the window is, as all of the nave windows, a scene from the Old Testament. This image features Abraham’s vision of God. We see...
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Sanctuary Window 8—Son of God—B

Today for Windows Wednesday, we are looking at the middle section of Sanctuary Window 8, the Son of God. As with the other windows in the Sanctuary, this section features a scene from the life of Jesus. In this case, we are looking at a representation of the event known as the...
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Sanctuary Window 8—Son of God—C

Welcome to another Windows Wednesday! In recent weeks, we have been examining the Son of God window, Sanctuary Window 8. Today, we will look at its lowest panel, showing the Holy Spirit at work in the present day. The bottom section of the window shows an astronaut on a space...
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Sanctuary Balcony A—God’s Love for Man

Welcome back to Windows Wednesday! Today and next week we will be examining the balcony windows in the Sanctuary. As a pair, they show the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world through God’s love for man and man’s love for God, and they are very densely packed with...
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Sanctuary Window Balcony B—Man’s Love for God

Welcome back! We’re winding down our Windows Wednesday series with the final windows in the Sanctuary. Today, we are looking at Balcony Window B—Man’s Love for God. This window illustrates mankind’s interaction with the Holy Spirit today. At the top, we see the...
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Sanctuary South Façade—East

Welcome to the home stretch of our Windows Wednesday series! Today is the first of our final three posts and will cover the South Façade Window in the Sanctuary. This massive piece incorporates images and symbols that span the entire Bible and extend the story of Christianity...
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Sanctuary Window Façade—Peak

Welcome back to Windows Wednesday! Next week will be our last post, but all the posts will be hosted permanently on our website at Kentmethodist.org/windows-wednesday. This large window divides the history of Methodism thematically into three parts: the left (or east) side is the...
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Sanctuary South Façade—West

Welcome to the final post in our Windows Wednesday series! In this post we are examining West side of the South Façade window in the Sanctuary. This side of the window depicts the spread of Christianity after the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The story begins at...
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