The first stained glass window at the front on the south wall gives a view of one of the earliest miracles recorded in the Old Testament. It is called: “Noah’s Deliverance From the Flood.” Notice the proximity of this window to our baptismal area. The water depicted in the window floated the Ark in safety. The water of Baptism is the effective and saving sign of God’s covenant of salvation with us as He imparts His grace through water. The events of the window are based on Genesis 6-8. In this window a number of things come together: the universal flood, the Ark, the pairs of animals, the dove, the sun coming out again, the dry land appearing, etc. Noah and his family spent more than a year in the Ark. The colors are beautiful in this window and go from the dark blue at the bottom to the bright yellow of the sun at the top. It is interesting to know that the worship space in which we sit is called “the nave” by ecclesiastical architects. We have the word “Navy” from the same root. The ship of the ark miraculously saved Noah and his family as the world which rejected Noah’s preaching and warnings perished. It is a forerunner of today. The Church where God’s salvation in Christ alone is preached faithfully, is the ship of safety for all who come, listen, and believe while those who reject God’s love in Christ perish by their own decision. What a wonderful task the Lord has given us to tell people of the mighty Savior who saved us from the path of destruction men choose willingly to follow. Noah’s time and world is reminiscent of our time and world. As God saved Noah and delivered him from death in the flood, so He saved us through the flood of Christ’s blood shed for our sins to redeem the world.