Meditation

Read Mark 8:35. Give thanks for the lives of these 4 young men and their families and any other people who you know were killed in way. Remember all of those who have died in the service of their country and those walking wounded. Pray for peace in your heart, in our community, in our country, in the world. Specifically remember hot spots of the world. Pray for the election, that peacemakers will be elected

History

Signed by Schoonover and constructed by The Willet Studio in 1955. This window was paid for by a fund raised by the Woman's Auxiliary. It was dedicated to all who fought in World War II. The bronze plaque contains the names of those from Immanuel who fought in the war. The names on the windows, Francis Fleetwood, John Horlick, Jr., Peter Richards, and John Wellford, Jr., are of those who died. The central figures in two panels deal with fatherhood and motherhood. These figures are enclosed in the fish, a symbol of life that is identified with early Christians. With the mother is a tree bearing fruit. Below the father are the words "He that loseth his life shall save it." Other scenes deal with examples of war and sacrifice drawn from the Bible. On the top are Abraham and Isaac at the stone altar; Jehovah Jirah at the top with the light from clouds represents divine intervention. On the left are Old Testament themes: from the left going clockwise are Joshua commanding the sun to stand still, David and Goliath, Daniel and the Lion, and Hannah bringing Samuel to Eli. On the right are New Testament themes: the stoning of St. Stephen, the feeding of 5,000, the Good Samaritan, Christ on the cross, and the Sermon on the Mount. The predellas are illustrative of World War II, and are connected by a rainbow. The right predella portrays the islands of Guadalcanal and Leyte flanked by guardian angels, one of whom holds a brown staff sprouting new leaves. The left predella portrays symbolic waves and a boat, flanked by Cornelius the Roman centurion and St. Christopher walking on the water with a child. There is Elephanti-breath glass (gray and bubbly) on the sides. The insignia on the border are of units that served in the war.