Stained glass and hand bells: Historic Raleigh church nears 150th anniversary

This historic church in downtown Raleigh turns 150 years old in 2024. It is known for its glorious stained-glass windows, and in this moving essay a hand bell choir accentuates their power.
Posted 12/15/2023, 3:35:33 AM Updated 12/15/2023, 1:58:16 PM

>> WELL, OF COURSE, GOING

THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT

SITUATIONS. GOOD JOB TO THEM.

ABSOLUTELY. UNOFFICIAL CHURCH

IN RALEIGH IS ABOUT TO MARK

150 YEARS TONIGHT WE FIND OUR

TAR HEEL TRAVELER AT THE CHURCH

OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD KNOWN FOR

ITS STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AS

SCOTT MASON AND PHOTOGRAPHER

SEAN BRASWELL SHOW US THE

IMAGES ARE DEEPLY MEANINGFUL,

ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> AND REALLY IS TO USE WAS

BURIED AND ROSE. AND THAT

PICTURE OF THE RISING IS

SOMETHING THAT. IT IS NEAR AND

DEAR TO OUR FACE.

>> YOU'RE SORT OF ENVELOP IN

ALL OF THIS MORE.

I THINK IT'S ALSO PROBABLY A

FAIRLY GOOD METAPHOR FOR WHAT

HAPPENS WITH THE BIBLE AND WITH

RELATIONSHIP TO GOD BECAUSE

OVER TIME YOU CAN LOOK AT THE

SAME THING AND DEPENDING ON THE

STATE OF YOUR SOUL OR THE STATE

OF THE DAY, THE LIGHT COMES

THROUGH IN A NEW WAY.

>> FIRST, 25 YEARS.

>> GOOD SHEPHERD WAS IN A

LITTLE WOODEN FRAME BUILDING.

THAT'S AT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND IT TOOK 60 YEARS AFTER THE

FIRST SERVICE TO COMPLETE THE

I'M MOVING WITH EASE WHEN THE

NEWS FOR A LONG TIME. AND I'M

INSPIRED EVERY DAY AND I SEE

SOMETHING DIFFERENT COLORATION

YOU SEE DETAIL AND STAINED

GLASS AS AN ART IS HARD TO DO.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST

IS THAT WHEN YOU WALK.

>> THE HIGH ON HILLSBOROUGH

STREET IN SYNC ON. THAT'S A

PRETTY CHURCH. BUT WITHOUT

FAIL, WHATEVER ANYONE HAS

ANTICIPATED, IT DOES NOT

COMPARE WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

THEY WALK THROUGH THE NAS X AND

THIS IS A SPACE WHERE THE FIRST

THING YOU EXPERIENCE IN COMING

IN TO WORSHIP IS THIS INVITING

SPACE FOR YOU?

>> I DIDN'T EVEN NECESSARILY

KNOW WAS HERE.

>> BUT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU FOUND IT.

>> I WAS JUST LORI US, THE

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

BEGAN IN

18. 74 AND IT CELEBRATES ITS

100 50TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR

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