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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: First United Methodist Church

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: Birmingham

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1959

Subject/Title of Window: Prayers of the Ongoing Church

Brief Description of Subject: This window was installed in what was originally named the "Prayer Chapel." After the retirement of Pastor Arnold F. Runkel, it was renamed in his honor as the "Runkel Chapel."

The following description from the book, "The Windows and Symbols of First Methodist Church Birmingham, Mich. edited by Dr. Arnold F. Runkel and privately published by the Church for its members in 1966.

CHAPEL SIDE WINDOWS --- PRAYER

This window depicts the prayers of the ongoing Church. At the top is Martin Luther at the church door in Wittenburg. 'I must spend much time in prayer.' [His 95 thesis were attacks on corruptions in the Catholic Church; a finger points at Luther with a scroll containing a picture of the Papal tiara --- this is the Papal bull that excommunicated Luther leading to the Reformation.] At the center, in attendance at a religious meeting at Aldersgate, John Wesley, feeling an 'asssurance of salvation', prayed for his enemies, and testified that he had undergone a religious experience. Below, the World Day of Prayer is symbolized by men of various nations gathered in prayer beneath the Ecumenical seal. The symbol at the top, corresponding with the other three, is the open Bible.

This window was presented in remembrance of Vinal J. Snyder by his wife.


Height: ~8'

Width: 2'

Prayers of the Ongoing Church
Prayers of the Ongoing Church
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
John Wesley
John Wesley
World Day of Prayer
World Day of Prayer
Prayers of the Ongoing Church outside
Prayers of the Ongoing Church outside

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