Statement of Purpose

To welcome and encourage
all in our journey
with Christ

To provide a loving,
active environment for
Christian worship,
learning and service

To utilize our Episcopal
heritage and our unique
gifts, resources and
blessings as a witness
in the community.

The Nativity and Adoration Windows

The Nativity and Adoration Windows, like the facing pair of lancets depicting Easter Morn, are planned so that the two windows create a single scene, yet each lancet is interesting in its own right.  Although both were made by J&R Lamb Studios and intended as a pair, the two lancets were made some forty years apart. During this time the type of glass and style of execution changed dramatically. At the turn of the twentieth century, when the Nativity window was made, J&R Lamb was as highly regarded as Louis Tiffany, and their glass studio was much older.

The Adoration of the Magi is represented in the left lancet. The Gothic revival style of the window and the bright colors stand in contrast to the soft opalescent colors of the adjacent Nativity Window. Two kings stand to the left, looking upward to the star on the right. Bethlehem is visible in the hills of the right background. The other king kneels in the center foreground holding a chest, presumably a treasure of gold. A jar of myrrh rests on the ground to the right. The gift of frankincense is not visible. The inscription reads: ‘They Rejoiced with Exceeding Great Joy”.

The Nativity Window on the right, the older of the two, is fabricated from a palette of drapery, opalescent and rolled glass.  The faces, hands and flesh are exquisitely hand-painted in a pale sepia paint; in fact, the painting is among the most delicate of any window in the church.  The glass is translucent throughout and the surface of the glass has a silky appearance, unlike the thick ribbed texture of some of Tiffany’s drapery glass.

The lancet portrays the Holy Family in the stable in Bethlehem.  Mary is seated to the right by the manger and holds the infant Jesus.  Her blue cloak, rich in opalescent glass, encloses her shoulders and cascades around her feet.  Joseph stands behind to her right side and holds a staff in his right hand.  Two shepherds in the foreground adore the child.   The inscription reads “Because there was no room for them in the inn”.

In memory of Charles Catlett (1865-1945)
J&R Lamb Studios, 1946

In memory of Bessie Hunton Catlett (1867-1905)
J&R Lamb Studios, c. 1906