Third window group on the west wall.
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From left to right:
1. The Anointing of Jesus' feet.
2. Easter Morning: Mary at the Tomb.
3. Women at the Crucifixion.
The Anointing of Jesus' feet. This story is related in Luke 7:38 where Jesus is invited into an important man's home but is not treated with the usual hospitality accorded guests. No water was provided for washing his feet, he was not greeted with a kiss and no sweet perfume provided for his head. A woman of ill repute from the local village came, stood at Jesus feet, and bathed them with her tears, then wiped them with her hair, kissed his feet and anointed them with perfume. His host thought, if he was a prophet he would know what sort of woman this was. Jesus knew his thoughts and said to his host, "Impressive isn't it. She has been forgiven many sins for which she is grateful. If the forgiveness is minimal the gratitude is minimal."
Easter morning at the tomb of Jesus. It is appropriate that this window should be on the eastern side of the church to catch the morning light. The women come in the early morning to the tomb and find it empty with an angel guarding the entrance. Later Jesus appears to Mary in the garden. It is the women who are the first to meet the risen Christ and convey the message, "He is risen."
Women at the crucifixion. The men have all but run away and it is mainly the women who stay by Jesus at the cross. These windows, as do the next group, testify strongly to the role of women in the life of Jesus and in this church.
The Uniting Church ordains women as did the Congregational church before that. The first woman ordained as a Congregational minister in South Australia was Winifred Keik in 1927. This window and the left side one were both commissioned by this church from local glass artist, Cedar Prest.