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FUMC Sanctuary was completed
in 1955, and was the third to be used by the
congregation of First United Methodist Church. The
first, a wooden structure, was destroyed in a fire.
The second sanctuary, used until 1955, stood on the site
of the Memorial Garden, to the north of the present
Sanctuary.
Interior
of pre-1955 Sanctuary
The great rose
window in the present Sanctuary is exceptional. At the time of its
installation in 1954, it was one of the four largest
rose windows in the United States, with a diameter of
28.5 feet. It was created largely because of the
vision of H.I. Robinson, senior pastor from 1940-1954.
Dr. Robinson had been to Europe, and wanted to build a
place of worship in Lubbock with the grandeur and beauty
of what he had seen there.
The contract to supply
the stained glass was given to a firm in New Jersey, and
they in turn contracted Wipple's in Essex, England.
A few of the boxes of glass may even be the most well-
traveled ever; having made three trips across the
Atlantic. These boxes were on the Queen Mary when
it was turned away at New York because of a dock strike.
The Queen Mary and glass returned to England, before
being able to make the journey again later. The
rose window has been called "The Window of Praise" or
"The Window of Creation" and it depicts Christ in
Majesty surrounded by images inspired by Psalms 147, 148
and 150 "Let everything that has breath, praise the
Lord".
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