The History of Emmanuel Church

DESCRIPTION:

This windows depicts 1 John 2:10  “He who loves his brother abides in the light.”

Once again we see the pink and green tiles repeating the theme of the pavement under Moses’ feet, picked up as a linking motif from the Moses window (WD02).

In the nameplate:  “In honor of the lay ministries of Brian A Kane, Fred H. Dumschott and Frank l La Motte”.

HISTORY:

According to former Emmanuel Rector, Fr. Greg Straub:  “For decades this window had no inscription, although I knew who the donor was and in whose honor it was given.  The donor wished to remain anonymous until the last of the dedicatees [Kane, Dumschott, and La Motte] had died.  The window was given by Robert Forney, a non-member of Emmanuel, in honor of the three members of Emmanuel who saw him to sobriety.  I haven’t the foggiest notion of what the figures mean.  Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan, so the Samaritan is a fictional character and would hardly be pictured with its author {Jesus].  The picture would seem to portray Jesus comforting a wayfarer (the reason for the staff and hat), but I do not know a biblical story that this could be illustrating.”