Two pictorial windows in Christ Church depict saints. Nine windows depict events in the life of Christ. This window depicts Saint Cecelia, the patron saint of music, and is located behind the Möller organ in the chancel. The window is 17" wide and 4' high. It was given to Christ Church as a Memorial by the family of Robert Burwell Williamson, vestryman and 1945, 1946, and 1971 senior warden, and dedicated in 1979.

"To the Glory of God & in Loving Memory of Robert Burwell Williamson, 1898-1976."

This window was created by Wippell Mobray Studios of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, now known as J. Wippell & Company, Ltd., of Branchville, New Jersey and Great Britain.  The artist was Roy Walter Coomber of Bishopsworth, Bristol, Great Britain.

These beautiful windows are unequalled in our area. They bathe the nave of the church in color and illustrate the life of Christ to those venturing into this hallowed space. The classic Gothic architectural style of Christ Episcopal Church symbolizes the Anglican origins of the Episcopal Church in the USA.

Most of the stained glass windows at Christ Episcopal Church were installed when the present church was built in 1920-1921 after a devastating fire on Christmas day, 1919. The fire destroyed the original wooden church that had been completed on November 23, 1890. The new church was completed and dedicated on October 23, 1921, by Episcopal Bishop W. L. Gravatt, with clergy E. W. Hughes of Graham (now Bluefield, VA) and Rector Jennings Wise Hobson, who served Christ Church for thirty-three years from 1916 until 1949, assisting.

The windows in the nave of Christ Church are of the Munich style, or “Munich School.” These windows were created by Jacoby Art Glass Company of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920. Jacoby later created the narthex (front hallway) windows and the window in our children’s chapel in 1958.

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These nave windows are unequalled in our area. They bathe the nave of the church in color and illustrate the life of Christ to those venturing into this hallowed space. The classic Gothic architectural style of Christ Episcopal Church symbolizes the Anglican origins of the Episcopal Church in the USA.