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The church is lit by clear glass windows. The only stained glass is above the altar, given in 1912, and depicts Martha and Mary, in the presence of the Lord. Martha has a salver and ewer, obviously much cumbered with serving. Beneath is the motto from Psalm 34, “In Thy Presence is the Fullness of Joy” reminding the congregation of their
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duty of worship. The nave windows are all subtly different in detail of tracery, some with a plain trefoil or lozenge between the paired lancets, others with a hint of curvilinear exuberance. The west window, the largest in the church, and again with clear glass, allows the light to illumine the congregation’s Prayer Books as they worship at Holy Communion or at Evensong.
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The furnishings are plain but elegant. The oak pews show a craftsman’s hand in their construction, and the Bible rests on a fierce looking Eagle Lectern carved from
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| The Lectern at Harvest Thanksgiving. |
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wood, whose ferocity is softened at Festivals when he carries an ear of wheat in his beak at Harvest Thanksgiving, or a sprig of holly at Christmas.
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There is little else. Some memorial tablets in the chancel, a tablet to a much-respected previous rector by the pulpit, and a soldier’s cross brought back from the battlefields of France after the First
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| The World War I Battlefield Cross, and the Organ. |
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World War. The organ was given on loan to the Church at Easter 2002, built by a member of the congregation in memory of his parents who were regular worshippers here.
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But the simplicity and restraint proclaim that here is a building loved both for its own sake, and for what it represents. To those who despair that the Church of England
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in which they were baptised and which they love has disappeared, come to Lufton. Here is refreshment for the spirit; here is the heart of the matter; here is “the fullness of joy”.
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