The Session House Windows

The Session House Windows by the well-known Scottish stained glass artist, Sadie McLellan (1914 - 2007) were donated by Killearn Trust. The modern style is known as 'Dalle de Verre'. or faceted glass, using think, cast glass, set in concrete or epoxy resin.

The theme is: 'The Benign Authority of God'.

The artist uses symbols to represent four archangels:

Uriel is the archangel of the love of god. His wings form the background in both windows. The colour red with orange, beginning near the bottom left hand corner, sweeps up and round, ending near the bottom right hand corner. This 'sweep' of colour represents a wing in each window. These wings are the foundation for the different kinds of earthly authority to rest on the love of God.

Left Window

The centre piece is a great unsheathed sword, white flames rising from its handle. From its crosspiece hang two scale pans which are not balanced. The sword and balances refer to the Archangel Michael, representing Supreme Power.

Right Window

There are two sets of symbols. First the lily (top left) and the sceptre (Lower right) refer to the Archangel Gabriel who brought God's Word to mary (the lili) whose Son, Jesus, would be the Messiah whose kngdom (the sceptre) would never end. (Luke 1:33). Gabriel speaks of the Sovereignty of God. The second set of symbols - a fish (top right), a water bottle (middle left) and a pilgrim's staff (amber, up the centre) - symbolise the Archangel Raphael, who some think represents the Church. The early church used the fish (Greek, 'Ichthus', an acrostic for 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour') as a secret code during persecution. The church (fish) is the fellowship of people who believe this of Jesus, travelling life's path together (the staff), inspired by Christ's Spirit within thme, (living water, John 4:14)

In both windows Uriel's wings have 'eyes' of blue. In Revelation Ch4 are four beasts which 'give glory to God', they had eyes 'full of love'. So the eyes in the wings of Uriel speak of the ceaseless watch of the love of God, which underpins all authority in the church.