Calvary Episcopal hosts tour

Coinciding with the Church Basement Ladies in the Last Potluck Supper showing at the Liberty Center Association for the Arts, on Thursday the Calvary Episcopal Church hosted a tour and luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, located at 713 S. Ohio Ave. Byron Matson, a vestry member, gave a presentation on the churchs history and original stained glass to approximately 50 people in the churchs Nave.

Members of the local Red Hat Society, the Show Me Ladies with Hatitudes attended the event Thursday. It was church ladies who raised the money and bought the property, Matson told the group. Calvary Episcopal Church began in 1885 and church construction began in 1886.

Calvary Episcopal Church dates back to 1885-86; all of the stained glass windows are original. The lion motif on a south facing window represents St. Mark the Evangelist. Three other windows represent St. John with an eagle, St. Luke with an ox and St. Matthew as a man.

After historical presentations by Matson and by Sunday Supply Priest Father (retired) Harvel Sanders, the group went downstairs to the fellowship hall for lunch and dessert. From left, Gwen Hinken and Janette Pace, both members of the Show Me Ladies with Hatitudes, and Esther Kastis, a guest of Pace, sample brownies at the dessert table. The members of Calvary Episcopal Church provided the home-cooked meal and desserts for the tour.

A descending dove baptismal font, circa early 1900s, sits in front of a north facing jeweled stained glass window at Calvary Episcopal Church. Sanders said the font is in memory of children who died young in the early 20th century. So many died before age 5, he added.

The Ascension of Christ is represented in this north facing stained glass window at Calvary Episcopal Church.

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