BAKING
In the early days of the J Sainsbury move from Drury Lane to Stamford St. their own bakery was built nearby. Though the upper window shows the oven of an even earlier time, the lower section shows steam ovens; hinting therein at the mass output required by the developing supermarkets and the rising standards of taste evoked in the new consumer age. One of the earliest graduates of the Southwark Ordination Course, which shared this building for 20 years in the 70's and 80's, was a baker and worker-priest. Bread is so basic in daily life that this window stands in the imagination as an everyday link with the purpose of this building and the mission of its congregation - a centre of worship and of exploration in faithfulness of the purpose of our daily life and of our work for the common good.
