Rev. Brendon Bedford, holding the signed covenant with the churchwardens of Christ Church, Meaford (L-R Garry Minielly, Brendon Bedford, Jean Richardson, Bill Alcock) Photo: Rev. Canon Kevin Bothwell
A LAST-MINUTE FOLLOW UP to our October story about Christ Church, Meaford memorial windows: Christ Church, Meaford and St. Giles’, Cripplegate (London, UK) have entered a covenant of prayer and partnership as of November 2.
The two communities signed the covenant agreement, to pray for each other and build a relationship, in the midst of their All Saints’ Sunday services.
This agreement came out of Christ Church holding the only known piece of pre-WWII glass from St. Giles’, and Christ Church rector’s visit to St. Giles’ to gift them with a piece of glass sourced from the Meaford church.
The memorial windows in Meaford consist of six panels made from hundreds of shards of stained-glass pieces blown out of over 100 churches in the UK and Europe during Nazi bombing, St. Giles, Cripplegate being one of them.