Something Old, Something New

This weekend we revealed something old and something new at St. John's.

The 'old' was the reappearance of the 100 year old St. John's Banner! I found it in the archives room, in a box marked "to be thrown away" with other junk in it. Immanuel Banners of Lansing, MI restored the banner and it was used for the first time at the Christmas Eve Service. Some longer-time parishioners will remeber that Gar Williams used to carry the banner in processions at St. John's. Gar is now in a nursing home in Bingham Farms. Pictured is Dave Schafer holding the restored banner.

The 'new' is our new window, in the Chapel. It is Ruth. Note the red sandals. It matches the red shoes of Mary in her Annunciation Window on the opposite side of the Altar in the Chapel. This replaced a very badly damaged 'griese' glass window. The old one was like the plain painted glass above the nice windows in the Church.

The new window was built by Willett-hauser, the same firm that fixed the new safety glass this past summer.