https://www.artatkumc.org/projects daily 0.75 2013-08-26 https://www.artatkumc.org/work daily 1.0 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565903274238-80OD0PWAHV5CMP63UPWE/KUMC-Hope+.jpg Featured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568113597638-NFDTF4Z297YPJBXNJVLD/ForUs.JPG Featured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568003872071-D7D14RA2IV3UNCYABHCA/150+year+stain+glass+Jim+Daves.JPG Featured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566761691272-LHSXFH41D7A7UUWFJIOG/KUMC-OneTouchRedux.jpg Featured - One Touch Artist: Ray Harvey Purchase Prize Winner of 2009 Christ in Art Festival From the artist: —I recently visited Sarasota, Florida and found myself at the Ringling Art Museum. Yes, this is the same John Ringling that is famous for his circus, but in Sarasota, his art collection is known for being the largest display of Baroque style painting in the world. There weren’t many visitors there that day and fortunately for me I had many of the galleries to myself. I must at this time confess a terrible, despicable, and shameful act. While in the Tapestry Gallery standing in front of what must have been a twenty foot square weaving by one of my favorite artists, Peter Paul Rubens, I had a thought, a dreadful thought. Seeing beautiful, famous and world renowned works of art is truly an experience but at this time, in this place it didn’t seem like enough. What would it be like to hold the palette of Van Gogh I wondered, or the brush of Da Vinci? Or more realistically, what would it be like to touch the original work of a Rubens? This was my chance. To touch a work of this master was going to be as close as I could ever get to being with him. I looked around . . . No one. Do I dare? I did. Ever so slowly and carefully I reached out my finger and brushed the edge of the art. It was at about this time the alarm sounded. I backed away with arms behind my back as if to ask what all the noise was about. And as fast as the alarm started it stopped. A guard came around the corner, saw my innocent enough pose and walked away with nothing more than a shoulder shrug. I had gotten away with the crime. To this day I can still remember the feel of the Rubens masterpiece. This reminded me of the Galilean woman who had suffered for twelve years with a bleeding disease. She had tried it all, seen the doctors and tried all the advice. Nothing worked. All hope certainly was lost? Then she heard about this Jesus. She had heard all about the miracles and signs. Water to wine, great fishing, but how is he with my problem? Maybe if I could get through the crowd. And maybe if I can put my arms around him. Or maybe, just maybe if I could only reach out ever so slowly and carefully and lightly touch him. Maybe. I know he could heal me. I know he can make me well. He is my only hope. But do I dare? You know the ending. She did get through the crowd of holy men. She found a way to reach through despair, empty promises and pain. And she touched him. The power went out of Jesus with such strength it even got his attention. She was healed. Jesus wanted to know, “Who touched me?” When she fell before him and declared how she had been instantly cured he said, “Daughter, your faith has made you well.” Where is hope?Form many it’s money, power or position.For others it’s as simple as one touch of the master. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1571737833131-KN1N3FYX0XILKN7P7GS6/DorothyEdscornFoodGathering.JPG Featured - Gathering Food Dorothy Edscorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1682003814433-ZO2OX70H5INZ8E41WY5J/LeanOnMe.jpg Featured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1682004327590-EPVHB6QPVBJ29IUBQ08Q/rose+window+42%EF%80%A142.JPG Featured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1682004570429-EP2C7C99PP4XNBE5GIHZ/%2305+BUILDING+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Featured https://www.artatkumc.org/test daily 0.75 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568112255926-FLFUJ8KFQGHZBA1ZZEIE/I+Love+This+Church+12%EF%80%A115+Kathleen+Barnes.JPG Paintings I Love this Church Kathleen Barnes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568111803296-Q84X5HRW58S6AXGPG6ZM/DorothyEdscornFoodGathering.JPG Paintings Gathering Food Dorothy Edscorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1585058058298-8B0XJC4XQLE5ZPP5503V/McClintock.jpg Paintings A Path of Faith McClintock Unknown origin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1571309817997-HNK06GHLDXOG2OR3NFK2/68-NancyGrable-Hope.JPG Paintings HOPE - His One Presence Eternally Nancy Grable 2009 Christ in Art Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565883567884-L7EU5XQFB5I5XHS80364/KUMC-TRUMPET.jpg Paintings Advent Still Life Kent Addison Purchase Prize Winner - 1983 Christ in Art Festival This watercolor commemorates the Advent season, the beginning of the church year. The scroll of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” shows a traditional “O” hymn of Advent. The feather suggests the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Mary, and the annunciation. The purple theme is in keeping with the penitential color of the season. The nails connect the birth in a cradle to death on the cross. Most prominently, the trumpet heralds the coming of the savior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568112207665-SINFWWK0HOCP6X4C3X74/HeadOfChrist.JPG Paintings Jesus Kathleen Barnes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565883383301-TG623W2I4L9XW8JJCT08/KUMC-CrossRemembrance%2B.jpg Paintings Cross in Remembrance Ellen Bates Purchase Prize Winner - 1986 Christ in Art Festival This painting/assemblage represents the Lenten season and uses various materials symbolically. The stylized cross reminds us of Christ’s death and has three nails at each extremity.Above the cross we see three thorn branches somewhat entwined.At the center of the cross is the gold circle, representing the perfection and eternity of the Trinity. This is the focus and culmination of Christ’s sacrifice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568113132208-2UF0X58SPKNDVDXGNKJC/PeaceToAll-ChuckWitcher.JPG Paintings Peace to All Chuck Witcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568002890710-45OOVJU598J3XIBNO8CJ/KUMC-GodWithin.jpg Paintings God Within Edward Boccia Purchase Prize Winner - 1980 Christ in Art Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565883137393-ORO9QXLQV8QEXN7DVLGF/KUMC-CORINTHIANS+.jpg Paintings I Corinthians 15:55 Kent Addison Purchase Prize Winner - 1977 Christ in Art Festival “O death where is thy victory/ O death where is thy sting?” This drawing/watercolor represents the festival of Easter. With the background of stars and moon, suggesting heaven/eternity, a keyhole architectural frame stands over the shrouded corpse of death. (The artist’s son was the model for the corpse.) On one side of the corpse is the scripture reference to St. Paul’s faith in the resurrection of the body through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The key to the keyole of eternity is on the right side of death. Above the body are symbols of our promised eternal life in Christ: the Easter egg of new life, the butterfly which emerges from a caterpillar through the cocoon stage to a new form of life, super-0imposed upon the cross of Christ and the cube, the Holy of Holies symbol of God’s presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568003047422-ELSYOHU5RBZNXVS3MZYO/KUMC-OurChurchsRiseAgain.jpg Paintings Our Church Rises Again Rosemary Tissot 2009 Christ in Art Festival In the words of the artist: - Hope. Where is hope? We pass hopefully through our lives. Hope is a driving force in our desires as we face growing up and all of the many changes in our lives. Never underestimate the power of hope. Hope becomes a part of life. Hope has emoting and conflicting power. I have a lot of hope for love. Helping activity of interested people follows hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1571310003256-SGUHK2QCZXE6HDV847T7/KUMC-OneTouch.jpg Paintings One Touch Ray Harvey Purchase Prize Winner - 2009 Christ in Art Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070643274-X2D5BHR031EVBY153BSR/LastSupper.jpg Paintings The Last Supper Carlos Mendes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568111881136-UH26FLBXF3QH1KRWYTQ0/ForUs.JPG Paintings For Us Gwang Hyuk Rhee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566763075020-DAWYGV5W1R5TPUVF3COF/four+fine+art+prints+HEQ+1.JPG Paintings Four Art Prints He Qi (pronounced Huh Chee) -donated by Judy Perry - Praying at Gethsemane - Woman Arriving at the Tomb - The Risen Lord - He is Risen Geometrical blocks of imagery are reminiscent of stain glass windows. He Qi uses bold colors of modern art with Chinese folk art themes. He presents the familiar with unfamiliar elements, creating a dissonance or discrepancy and challenging perceptions. A riot of colors and rich compositions are used to portray Jesus Christ as a messenger of peace and rejoicing. He Qi was sent to the Chinese countryside during the Cultural Revolution in China. He escaped hard labor by painting likenesses of chairman Mao Zedong. He discovered a copy of Raphael’s Madonna & Child in an old magazine and began painting this secretly. Thus began his life as an artist. He Qi became a Christian much later. It is an amazing connection of time and space: a 16th century Italian painting of a Christian theme speaks to a Chinese teenager, who becomes a Christian, studies art in Germany, and becomes a contemporary Christian artist. His images are used to illustrate Christian books, with exhibits worldwide. He Qi received 20th Century Award for Achievement in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of Religious Art Theory and Christian Art Creation of IBC in Cambridge, UK “We are living in a time where there is much violence. There is little peace. We need to listen to the voice of heaven.” - He Qi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565322907724-BMAAIY33FZZKD1LVVWOP/KUMC-JOSEPHandJESUS+.jpg Paintings Joseph and Jesus Edward Boccia Purchase Prize Winner - 1994 Christ in Art Festival This oil painting of the often neglected Joseph, the foster-father of Jesus, seems to be offering the child to us as if to say, “This little one Mary and I have raised is really for you – the Savior of the world – the Savior of you and me. Accept Him and hold Him close to your heart!” https://www.artatkumc.org/sculptures daily 0.75 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750890774-JMATKLTTK3PPWWGCVYJQ/LoavesAndFishes.jpg Sculptures Loaves and Fishes Randy Carrier 2009 Christ in Art Festival The inspiration for this piece came from the theme, “Abundance”. He thought about the Bible story of Jesus multiplying the few loaves and fishes so that a large multitude could be fed. Randy decided to depict this in a symbolic visual form, using his metal smithing skills. This artwork won Best Interpretation of a Theme in the 2012 Christ in Art Festival, and also People’s Choice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565884066632-Z9LZAM77B4ZHWVYB3L0K/KUMC-POGUE+.jpg Sculptures Splendor in Light Larry Pogue Purchase Prize Winner - 1989 Christ in Art Festival This sculpture won the Purchase Prize in the 1989 KUMC Christ in Art Festival! Thestainless steel and brass abstract sculpture with electric light represents the manifestation of the Light of God in Christ to the gentile wise men and the subsequent acceptance of the Gospel by the non-Jewish gentiles of the Greco-Roman world.This is the theme of Epiphany, which begins on January 6 each year and stretches to the season of Lent.The circle of eternity is set within eight pointers to all directions of the compass.The coming of Christ is for all the world and has eternal significance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565884349525-WUCCTLDW1BPM79TPCNYI/KUMC-MEL-CRUX+.jpg Sculptures The Risen King Brother Mel Meyer, S.M. Purchase Prize Winner - 1977 Christ in Art Festival This Christus Victor, the conqueror of sin and death, sculpted in metal, portrays a very early theme of the atonement between God and humanity accomplished by the sacrificial death and victorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565883973907-AAXV3EV5O8HBLBP8Z5MP/KUMC-Hope+.jpg Sculptures Hope Encircled by Love & Faith Don Pavelka 2009 Christ in Art Festival This sculpture was designed specifically for a Christ in Art festival theme, “Where is Hope?”. Although the piece is comprised of three separate forms, the artist sees them as intertwined and dependent on each other. Each piece has a central color of glaze which is used in the adjoining forms to complete the encirclement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565884425298-N0F4B5FJWSLGB8XUSQAQ/KUMC-CeramicCross.jpg Sculptures Tribute Don Pavelka 2009 Christ in Art Festival The Crown & Flame emblem is a symbol know the world over. It is a powerful reminder of who and Whose we are as United Methodists. It relates the United Methodist Church to God through Christ (cross) and the Holy Spirit (flame). The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw “tongues, as of fire” (Acts 2:3). The emblem is also a reminder of a transforming moment in the life of John Wesley, founder of Methodism, when he sensed God's presence and felt his heart “strangely warmed”. The two tongues of a single flame may also represent the union of two denominations in 1968: The Methodist Church & Evangelical United Brethren Church. This artwork is Don Pavelka's tribute to the Cross & Flame symbol that has provided him with instant recognition, meaning, and a sense of belonging, no matter where he might be in the world. His creative mosaic is comprised of many small glazed pieces of ceramic. Each piece is individual and colorful. Collectively, the Cross & Flame symbol emerges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565884243683-KPOVH8SMDO6JVTJKXF82/KUMC-Triptych+.jpg Sculptures Tryptich Brother Mel Meyer, S.M. 1975 Christ in Art Festival Fashioned like altar pieces of medieval artists with a central panel and folding doors on either side, the tryptich now hangs behind the altar of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity. It depicts symbols of the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus: on the cross, the nails of his hand and feet, the ladder that assisted the setting of the cross, the sponge of vinegar on a stick, the spear that pierced his side and the dice with which the soldiers gambled for his robe. Over the crucifix is the monogram in Greek letters for “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” On either side of the crucified are the figures of mother Mary and John, the beloved disciple.The side panels depict Mary and Joseph.At the bottom of the piece are the figures of twelve apostles telling us that this represents the apostolic faith of Christ's Holy Church.The apostles bear witness to three events: the incarnation of the Son of God, the atoning sacrifice of Christ on Calvary; and the resurrection and triumph of the crucified One.The triune God is also suggested:God the Father's Gift, the Son's sacrifice, and the risen Lord's availability to all as Holy Spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566751298705-NYO90RSAGOT9NYMRVR33/nails++38%EF%80%A192+.jpg Sculptures Unknown Title Unknown Artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1565884166187-FEVZJ7UMBF3I993PIJJA/KUMC-MANIFESTATION+.jpg Sculptures Manisfestation Brother Mel Meyer, S.M Purchase Prize Winner - 1975 Christ in Art Festival This sculpture was the purchase award winner of the Christ in Art Festival I. It commemorates the Christmas season and features a central fresco disk of mother and child surrounded by a sunburst halo with votive candles at the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070544851-LOQLWNJCHL5ZEUTAPHXL/LastSupper-Boccia.jpg Sculptures The Last Supper Brother Mel Meyer, S.M. Gift from Verneda and Randy Carrier https://www.artatkumc.org/pentecost-windows daily 0.75 2019-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753314357-YQ8GWY9H3889L1ATQ1BV/%2304EDUCATION+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568243239764-Z0MBVK71OREXLL8NY7M8/PentecostWindow.jpg Pentecost Windows - Pentecost Window Dominating the sanctuary is the Pentecost window, a wall of clear glass decorated in painted detail. The window portrays the Holy Trinity in abstracted forms, with overlapping webs representing fishing nets, which extends to the twelve panels below. We are all bound up in God’s web of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753285484-6SS7P4X6IQOA9KTPXETG/%2303+RELIGIONCMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Religion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753641362-16GPPIWY4VE0S39AMMD3/%2311+COMMUNICATION+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Communication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753501260-6S266M769QICRXO6K8D2/%2307+HOME+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Home and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753205954-OR9LPOLQ7O12YQ2KXKL1/%2301+science.jpg Pentecost Windows Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753614477-V1QCO2BO9MTPHJSLBR1N/%2310+SPORTS+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753549052-15MER8720ZIM6PB8C8M8/%2308+ART%EF%80%A2ENTER+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Arts and Entertainment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753386470-HXCP80JV0CYWUUZGZY84/%2306+AGRICULTURE+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753667142-J0CWSJTDDFSZB5JY6PVP/%2312+MEDICINE+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Medicine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753240426-HVW1RZTJES5GHR9HP2J4/%2302+LAW-GOV+.jpg Pentecost Windows Law and Government https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753431015-DES33MW07VTFDW504J1X/%2309+AVIATION+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Aviation and Space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566753356534-KTWFJYK2JMCY5VTDW13Y/%2305+BUILDING+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Pentecost Windows Building and Labor https://www.artatkumc.org/creation-windows daily 0.75 2019-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750669776-SSG89X2R7AGGXG7CRKZD/6+X-SEPERATION+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Creation Windows Separation of the Firmament - “And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.” Genesis 1:6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750654195-BKQECP9UD7MP6JGMHSEI/5+X-SUN+MOON+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Creation Windows Sun and Moon - “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light . . . . God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.” Genesis 1:3, 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750725836-SHA3463U3IPSKF2VZO42/7+X-BEGINNING+CMYK+TIFF+cop.jpg Creation Windows The Trinity - “God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.” Genesis 1:31, 2:1-2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750596631-MVC85IXNKBP87YHBMO7T/2+X-ADAM%2CEVE+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Creation Windows Adam, Eve and Child - “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750633499-CXHJ1CAUOER3DIYAC05Y/4+X-VEGETATION+CMYK+TIFF+.jpg Creation Windows Vegetation - “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so.” Genesis 1:9-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750620538-PB3M65LAJ5WCNNFZ7NM9/3+X-ANIMAL+LIFE+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Creation Windows Animal Life - “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’” Genesis 1:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1566750583436-WS9OZERGMULCTWYCU7UQ/1+X-TRINITY+CMYK+TIFF.jpg Creation Windows The Beginning - “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1: 1-2 https://www.artatkumc.org/take-action daily 0.75 2018-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390597413198-XUEB2J3138YBEXDCIMC0/tumblr_migjb4LxOB1rkz363o2_1280.jpg Take Action https://www.artatkumc.org/home daily 0.75 2019-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1535394867157-MTQAOAQPKWQ68DDY1HTW/tumblr_mn8b8sLRb61rkz363o1_1280.jpg Home - Take Action Ready to take the next step? You can become a contributor to our cause, or participate yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1567862893972-2J83V64NDN0HVZNVYH83/150%2Byear%2Bstain%2Bglass%2BJim%2BDaves.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1535394848185-CGDDU4QCIRSO4U1270H3/image-asset.jpeg Home - About Find out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our decades of advocacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1391287286405-92Z4A4R3T2ZSZAKNVS9V/image-asset.jpeg Home - Transient https://www.artatkumc.org/other-windows daily 0.75 2019-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568112454015-VFYPAGXC1VF3GH9V8QQW/old+32%EF%80%A148+windows.jpg Other Windows Three Stained Glass Windows These three windows were also recovered from the old stone church building. Pay attention to the colors and detail in each one. These were made in the traditional style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568112385568-PCK6XZSHAX7WLOXQ0PMF/rose+window+42%EF%80%A142.JPG Other Windows Rose Window This is a piece of art remaining from the stone church building which stood on the corner of Clay and Washington from 1925 until 1962, when it was torn down to make way for a new education building. It features a cross, crown, and laurel leaf of victory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568112878885-BKQM0SVD2VURZOWHOHR7/150+year+stain+glass+Jim+Daves.JPG Other Windows KUMC Jim Daues This is an original artwork created by stain glass artist, Jim Daues, specifically for the purpose of recognizing and celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Kirkwood United Methodist Church this year, 2019! https://www.artatkumc.org/wood-carvings daily 0.75 2019-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568071013885-SS9QXPMHJDQMRGNON3GQ/Pulpit-Unknown1r.JPG Wood Carvings ANDREW – X shaped cross; Andrew was the first to follow Jesus with his brother, Peter. He found the boy with the fish to feed the 5,000. He was martyred in Greece and crucified on a cross. Feeling unworthy to die on a cross shaped as his master, he begged to be hung on an X-shaped cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070967203-0B8WECWY1ZMNU2F5DDSH/PULPIT+MATTHEW.jpg Wood Carvings MATTHEW – Tau cross & moneybags; Matthew or LEVI was a publican (tax collector). As an educated man, he was the first to write down the teachings of Jesus. The money bags are reminders of his despised job before Jesus called him to discipleship. He died a martyr in Ethiopia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568071214704-QOBJRBF4C2Q8QG7VEOK5/PULPIT%EF%80%A2JOHN.jpg Wood Carvings JOHN – eagle, chalice & snake; Son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of James, John is known as the “beloved disciple”. John was so intellectual that he “soared” above the others, hence an eagle is one of his symbols. He wrote the gospel book of JOHN and the epistles I, II, & III JOHN. An attempt was made on his life by giving him a chalice of poison. A chalice with a snake in it is another symbol. He was also thrown in a vat of boiling oil, but again didn't die. John was then exiled to Patmos, where he wrote the book of REVELATION. He died of natural causes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568071166971-CEXZ8I108CTG59I7OO3V/Pulpit-Unknown6r.JPG Wood Carvings JUDE – ship & spear; James (Theddeus of Labbeus) was the brother of James the younger. Jude went to preach the gospel in Edessa near the Euphrates River and authored the last epistle in the New Testament. Jude sailed to many ports and the ship symbolized both his work as a fisherman and missionary. He was killed with arrows at Ararat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568162862812-OKWM6TV24U7ASHK7PV8D/Pulpit-Unknown7r.JPG Wood Carvings On the Pulpit - The Pulpit is where the preacher, inspired by the Holy Spirit, proclaims his or her studied interpretation of the written word of Holy Scripture, as the spoken word of God to the people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568162654290-TR8X46NQFBVYFOYS83AA/Pulpit-Unknown4r.jpg Wood Carvings PHILLIP – upside-down cross & loaves of bread: Jesus said to Phillip, “FOLLOW ME”. Not much else is known. His shield indicates he was part of the feeding of the 5,000 – collecting loaves of bread. (JOHN 6:7) He died a martyrs death by hanging and requested his body be wrapped in papyrus, not linen like Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568071138197-JWYHOC88YN1R95H3H0NF/Pulpit-Unknown5r.JPG Wood Carvings THOMAS DIDYMUS – carpenter's square & lance; Thomas is a Hebrew name & Didymus is a Greek name meaning “twin”. He became known as the “Doubting Thomas” after he asked to see the nail prints in the risen Jesus’ hands. Thomas’ doubts were transformed to a great faith he shared in Parthea, Persia and India. The ruler refers to the tradition that Thomas built a church by hand in India. Thomas was the only apostle to travel and preach the Gospel outside of the Roman Empire. The spear refers to his martyrdom. He was killed with a spear in Modrai, which is symbolized by a group of arrows, spear & rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070992440-R2FO7KKWKHDQHLJSB1YU/PULPIT+PETER.jpg Wood Carvings PETER - upside down cross, keys & fish; A fisherman and brother of Andrew, Peter was originally named SIMEON or SIMON. Jesus changed it to PETER – THE ROCK upon whom the Christian church would be built. In MATTHEW 16:19, Peter was given the “keys to heaven” by Jesus. When he was crucified in Rome, he requested he be crucified head downward for he was not worthy to die as his Lord had died. From Galilean fisherman to disciple, denier to proclaimer, missionary, bishop and martyr, Peter’s life with Jesus was astonishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568163913436-ORV1EJMLS63E3X6M9ZGU/Pulpit-Unknown2r.JPG Wood Carvings SIMON – axe & fish; Simon was a Zealot. The Zealots were fanatical Jewish nationalists, crazed with hatred for the Romans. He abandoned that hatred when he followed Jesus and shared love with even Matthew, a Roman tax collector. His symbol of a fish lying on a Bible indicates this former fisherman became a fisher of men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568071072262-A7E0HHFN06HEI7VG6TO4/Pulpit-Unknown3r.JPG Wood Carvings JAMES – stone & fullers bat; The lesser, or younger, James was the brother of Jude. He worked in and near Jerusalem and was probably its first bishop. Tradition claims that he was pushed from a pinnacle of the temple at the age of 96. Near death, he rose to ask forgiveness for his enemies who then beat him with a fullers bat and sawed his body in pieces. Historical note: The trade of the fullers was to cleanse garments and whiten them. The process consisted of treading or stamping on the garments with the feet or with fullers bats in tubs of water containing some alkaline substance (serving as a soap). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070944765-X3R486FPDZJV686BTI6K/PULPIT+JAMES.jpg Wood Carvings JAMES – scallop shells, staff & sword; James was the greater, or elder, son of Zebedee and brother to James. Jesus gave James & John the nickname of “sons of thunder” because they asked on one occasion if they could call down thunder and lightning from Heaven to strike down some of their enemies! He traveled by sea to Spain, where the coast was supposedly covered with millions of scallops. The shells and staff represent his missionary pilgrimages. He was the first of the 12 to become a martyr. The sword is how he was killed by King Herod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4a249118c59000011ace54/1568070903509-IPBGEHS2FJ07QLWPA60G/PULPIT+BARTH.jpg Wood Carvings BARTHOLOMEW – open Bible & flaying knives; It is believed Bartholomew (or Nathaniel) was a nobleman, coming from royal blood (relating back to Absolum’s mother, Maacah.) He was a scholar and researcher and became a missionary to Armenia and India. He converted the king, Polymius, to Christianity. The king's brother ordered the execution of Bartholomew. 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