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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: Second Reformed Church

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: Kalamazoo

Subject/Title of Window: God is the Light of the World

Brief Description of Subject: The overall theme of this window, which is part of a five window series, is God is the light of the world. At the bottom of the window we see the effect the church has on a child. After the child is born it was be baptized and thus a member of the church. As the child grows it will spread its light among other people, represented by the helping hands, being just, represented by the scales of justice, and charitable represented by the heart. In the center of the window is a boat, it’s sail circumvents the womb with the child, in the upper part of the window, and the birth process represents the continuous action for the Church. At the top of the window is a star, Christ, by which the ship is steered. Relevant passages from the Bible include: II Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 5:14, I Peter 2:9

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