CHRIST CHURCH 1
A small congregation sponsored the first (and the last) window of the 1984/5 series. It illustrates the third building of Christ Church, set in the context of riverside South London and both the Diocese and Borough of Southwark. In that area clerical and lay ministry is to be exercised and witness made. It invites local enterprises to recognise and identify their opportunities to use the gifts of nature and human skills in giving worth to God through responsible employment and every form of work.
Donations for this window came from the living in respect for friends and relatives who had died. Other people generously supported the adventure in symbolism and interpretation because of a connection with one or other of the explorations of faith encouraged at Christ Church and the South London Industrial Mission. All the names are recorded in a book kept close to the windows.
Let one name alone be mentioned here, Daisy Bryant. She served the church and centre and all who came here for more than 45 years, keeping that faithful service up until she was 95. But behind every name in the book lies another important story of why there is a particular association with the Christ Church buildings that helped them all to stir their minds to a greater understanding and practice of a faith that could make us all more human under God and towards each other.
