This contemporary window consists of two panels of popular events involving Jesus and children. The upper panel depicts a scene in the earthly life of Jesus.

The Magi Window by Charles Booth was a gift to St. Matthew’s by descendants of the Cameron family, installed in 1975. It was originally bought in 1884 for Salem Chapel, the family’s chapel on the Cameron plantation, Fairntosh, in what is now Durham County.

The Madonna and Child Window (1895) was a memorial to Paul Cameron, a 3-year old child of the Cameron family, designed by Charles Booth.

To the right of the altar, is the Good Shepherd Window (1872), portiaying Jesus with an unusual hat crowned with thorns. The Ladies Sewing Society sold their needlework in order to purchase the window as a memorial for the Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis, who was also a renowned botanist and composer of church music.

The first addition of stained glass to St. Matthew’s was the set of three lancet windows, the Altar Windows, in 1868, the “gift of a lady of the parish.” These were set into to the newly built recessed chancel.

Our Annual Stewardship Campaign begins this year on October 2nd and concludes on October 31st. Your responses are vital to financial planning for the many church programs, staffing needs, and outreach that enable the gifts St. Matthew’s brings to us and to the community around us.