Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 14 relations: Alois Lang, Ashlar, Catholic Church, Chancel, Detroit, Gothic Revival architecture, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, James Biery, John Stoughton Newberry, Latin cross, National Register of Historic Places, Protestantism, Truman H. Newberry.

2. Gothic Revival church buildings in Michigan
3. Presbyterian churches in Michigan

Alois Lang

Alois Lang (1872–1954) was a Master Woodcarver at the American Seating Company, and one of the artists responsible for bringing the medieval art of ecclesiastical carving to life in the United States.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.

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Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe refers to an affluent coastal area next to Detroit, Michigan, United States, that comprises five adjacent individual cities.

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Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Grosse Pointe Farms is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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James Biery

James Biery (born 1956) is an American organist, composer and conductor who is Minister of Music at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (Presbyterian) in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, where he directs the choirs, plays the 66-rank Klais organ and oversees the music program of the church.

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John Stoughton Newberry

John Stoughton Newberry (November 18, 1826 – January 2, 1887) was an American industrialist and politician.

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Latin cross

A Latin cross or is a type of cross in which the vertical beam sticks above the crossbeam, giving the cross four arms.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Truman H. Newberry

Truman Handy Newberry (November 5, 1864 – October 3, 1945) was an American businessman and political figure.

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See also

Gothic Revival church buildings in Michigan

• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
• Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit
• Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Detroit)
• Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption (Saginaw, Michigan)
• Cathedral of Saint Andrew (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
• Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
• Central United Methodist Church (Detroit)
• Central Woodward Christian Church
• Christ Church Chapel
• Christ Church Detroit
• First Congregational Church (Richmond, Michigan)
• First Methodist Episcopal Church (Port Hope, Michigan)
• Grace Episcopal Church (Mount Clemens, Michigan)
• Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
• Highland United Methodist Church
• Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
• Mariners' Church
• Muir Church of Christ
• North Woodward Congregational Church
• Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church
• Saint Elizabeth's Church (Tecumseh, Michigan)
• Saint Ignatius Church and Cemetery
• Saint Ignatius Loyola Church
• Saint James' Episcopal Church (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
• Saint John's Lutheran Church (Adrian, Michigan)
• Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)
• St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery (Hartland, Michigan)
• St. Florian Church (Hamtramck, Michigan)
• St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Hubbardston, Michigan)
• St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Menominee, Michigan)
• St. John's Episcopal Church (Saginaw, Michigan)
• St. John's Lutheran Church (Port Hope, Michigan)
• St. John's–St. Luke's Evangelical Church
• St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church
• St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1926 (Detroit, Michigan)
• St. Mary Cathedral (Lansing, Michigan)
• St. Patrick's Parish Complex
• St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church
• St. Vincent de Paul Church (Pontiac, Michigan)
• Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
• Third Reformed Church
• Trinity Episcopal Church (Detroit)
• Trinity Episcopal Church (Houghton, Michigan)
• Trinity United Methodist Church (Highland Park, Michigan)
• Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian churches in Michigan

• Barn Church (Troy, Michigan)
• Ecumenical Theological Seminary
• First Presbyterian Church (Cass City, Michigan)
• First Presbyterian Church (Coldwater, Michigan)
• First Presbyterian Church of Blissfield
• First United Presbyterian Church (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
• Fort Street Presbyterian Church (Detroit)
• Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church
• Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
• Grove Hill New Mission Church
• Kirk in the Hills
• Old Wing Mission
• Saline First Presbyterian Church
• Sashabaw Presbyterian Church
• The Peoples Church of East Lansing
• Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_Memorial_Church