Stained GlassThe modern-style stained-glass windows on both sides represent events in the life of Jesus and the life of the Church. The lower windows are memorials, mostly from the former St. Paul's Church. The St. Paul window overlooks the church from the back, and the Memorial Window from the front. As you walk down the centre aisle of the church, you will notice two very different kinds of stained glass windows along the walls of the Nave. The upper, or Clerestory, windows are the work of Lawrence Lee, A.R.C.A., and were installed in the 1960s. The five on your left depict events in the life of Jesus: the Nativity in a traditional setting, but the Wise Men are a Canadian Inuit, Indian, and Fur Trader; the Baptism by St. John; the Calling of St. Andrew; Blessing the Children; and the Passion. The five on the right depict events in the history of the Church: the Resurrection; the Calling of St. Paul; St. Paul's Mission to Macedonia; St. Columba of Iona; and The Church Triumphant. The window depicting the Calling of St. Andrew, the first of the clerestories to be installed, was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on the occasion of a visit on Sunday, June 10, 1962. The lower tier windows are memorials, most of them carefully removed from the former St. Paul's Church and re-installed here. Of particular interest are the two Allan windows near the back on your left, the work of the famed William Morris Co. to a design by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelite artist. 
|
Meet our new minister, Rev. Jeff Veenstra |
