Let Light Shine Through celebrates Hamline Methodist

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Let the Light Shine Through is a celebration and rededication of Hamline Church United Methodist’s sanctuary windows. The windows, which were central to the church’s successful National register of Historic Places nomination, will be celebrated at a service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 30 at the church at 1514 Englewood Ave. The public is invited to attend. One highlight is to hear from Al Palmer of Palmer Gaytee Glass. Palmer Gaytee worked on window restoration. Gaytee Glass crafted several of the church windows years ago.
The church dates from 1928.
The church’s leaders, its Ministry of Memory Committee and committee working on the April 30 event are looking for people whose family members have church windows dedicated to them. Families may have left the church and community. The committee would still like to hear from them and invite them to the event.
Every window in the church not only depicts a Biblical story, there are also stories about the people and groups to whom windows are dedicated. The last eight of the 10 upper level (clerestory) windows were installed in the years between 1954-1960. Six of the small lower level windows were also installed in the post World War II era from 1948-1953.
Hamline Church would like to reconnect with the families whose members were honored with windows. Ministry of Memory Committee members are available after church on Sundays to answer questions and give church tours every Sunday. If anyone knows of such individuals honored with a window, please contact Mary Bakeman (marybakeman@msn.com) or Roger Greiling (rogergreiling@yahoo.com).

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