This week, we will be looking at Chapel Window 5—The Baptism. At the top, we see God’s separation of the waters from the waters, the creation of the sky and the heavens. Below that, we see John the Baptist with Christ at the River Jordan. The Holy Spirit descends to Him in the form of a dove. At the bottom of the window, we see a modern service of Baptism, connecting us today with the scenes above; water symbolizing the flow of God’s love throughout the world and in all of our lives. Scroll over or tap the image of the window below to compare with the original artist’s design.

“For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.”
1 Peter 3:18–22

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Adam Alderson is the business manager and director of Resurrection at the United Methodist Church of Kent. He has a B.A. in Classics with a minor in Art History from Kent State University, and enjoys reading, graphic and web design, and singing and acting locally. Adam lives in Stow with his wife, Patti, and son, Alexander.