The History of Emmanuel Church

 The Eccleston Family contributed this chancel triptych (three windows) as a memorial to their father, Judge John B. Eccleston.

According to former rector, Fr. Greg Straub:  “Before the apse was added Emmanuel would have had tablets in the wall engraved with the 10 Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostles’ Creed.  (This was a requirement of English canon law.  They are not uncommon even today on the Eastern Shore; viz. St Luke’s, Church Hill; Wye Church; Trinity, Church Creek.)  When the wall containing the tablets was removed to build the apse, the stained glass window of Moses holding the tablets continued the theme in a different medium.  All three bottom panels contain Eucharistic references, appropriate to their position above the altar.”