Advent Lutheran Church (New York City)

Advent Lutheran Church
General information
Architectural style	Gothic Revival architecture
Town or city	New York, New York
Country	United States of America
Construction started	1900[1]
Completed	1900[2]
Cost	$70,000[1]
Client	Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent of 634 Park Ave[1]
Technical details
Structural system	brick and stone masonry, slate roof
Design and construction
Architect(s)	William Appleton Potter of 160 Fifth Ave[1]

Advent Lutheran Church is a church affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. The church building was designed by the architectural firm of William Appleton Potter (1842–1909).

Description

The church is a double-height brick and stone structure over a basement. It has a pitched slate roof, and is notable in having all of its stained glass in the nave and clerestory designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and manufactured by his Tiffany Studios, which was also responsible for the ceramic mosaic behind the altar, the sanctuary lamps, the pews, and the painted decorative organ frontal pipes in the front of the sanctuary. The nave and clerestory windows, which feature St. Paul preaching at Athens and Christ returning in glory with angels, breaking swords beneath them and ushering in a reign of peace.^[2]

Tiffany windows restoration campaign

The Tiffany windows restoration campaign, titled "Shining God's Light - the Tiffany Windows Project", has been ongoing since 2007, raising funds for a one-million-dollar complete restoration of all the Tiffany windows.^[2]

Social programs

Advent Lutheran runs two large food assistance programs: a monthly food pantry on the first Saturday of each month and a monthly Community Lunch program on the fourth Saturday of each month. Both are free and open to anyone in need.

References

1. Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
2. Official Website Church History (accessed 25 Dec 2010)

• Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 207.

External links

• Official Website

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