OUR STAINED GLASS
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In our sanctuary are 3 stained glass windows which were designed and crafted by Karen Luce. By trade, Karen is a PhD licensed counselor. By interest, she a stained glass artist. When Karen made the windows, she and her husband Bill lived in Rochester, MN. Our minister, David Kester, knew Karen did stain glass work. David called her up and asked if she had any interest in doing stain glass for our new building. She agreed and came to Cleveland one day in January 2005 and sat and prayed in our empty shell of a sanctuary. God spoke to her heart and she designed what we have today. Read below to learn what Karen says the windows mean. Below that is a picture gallery of the making of the windows in 2005.
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2005 February 25 – Session 1 to foil wrap stained glass window pieces. Several from our congregation went to Karen Luce's Rochester home to foil wrap the individual cut pieces of glass.
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2005 April 22 – Two tall stained glass windows installed.
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2005 September 6 – Large round stained glass mounted on wall. |
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WHAT DO
THE THREE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
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The three windows depict
the return of Christ in His glory & radiance and the process involving His people, their redemption, and their final eternal glory. |
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THE COMPONENTS
The CENTER CIRCLE represents Jesus Christ in His radiant brightness. The TWO SIDE WINDOWS represent the earth and mankind. The bottom dark colored glass represents humanness and the density / heaviness of the earth. The windows’ glass JEWELS represent people who are in all sizes, shapes, and colors, and in different stages of life and growth. |
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THE PROCESS
From the center circle, we "see" Jesus Christ, God’s Glory,
come down to mankind (into the two side windows)
through the clouds. In the clouds, we “see” people
(represented by the jewels) in process of being
turned into glorious forms when united with Jesus Christ.
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THE SUMMATION
The Believers hope is in Jesus Christ, who has come down to us, to redeem us from the weight of our sin-stained, darkened lives. The windows depict the ongoing process of Believers being transformed in Christ’s Glory, as we “see” them rise into the clouds and meet Jesus Christ there. These are windows of HOPE and JOY! |
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FOUNDATIONAL SCRIPTURES
FOR THE WINDOWS
Luke 21:28 – “Look up, redemption is drawing near.” II Thess 2:14 – “God has appointed/called us to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
I Thess 4:17 – “(We) will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” Philippians 3:21 – “(Christ) will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.”
Colossians 3:4 – “When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”
I Cor 15:48-49 – “…as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven …so shall we bear
the likeness of the man from heaven.”
I Cor 15:51-53 – “We will all be changed… For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.”
I Corinthians 15:57 – “But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
THESE WORDS ARE INSPIRATIONAL AND TRUE.
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