Despite the strictures of World War II, the 1940s were the "glory decade" for Christ Church's windows. Willet & Sons, of Philadelphia, designed and installed the 10 great windows in the nave. The eight side windows depict significant events in the life of Christ – the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Boyhood of Jesus, the Baptism of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, the Wedding at Cana, the roots of discipleship with the Confession of Peter, and the New Commandment. The larger windows in St. Margaret's Chapel (the north transept) depict the Last Supper and the Resurrection.

All of these great windows were the gifts of John Wendell Anderson and Gustava D. Anderson, who were the "living patron saints" of Christ Church’s beautification.

Smaller windows in the baptistry, gallery, narthex and south transept – several of them memorials to war casualties – also were installed during the 1930s and '40s, including Jesus with a Child (given by the "Children of the Chapel School, 1936"), the Lamb of God and the Phoenix windows, St. Elizabeth, St. Margaret, St. Catherine, David and Goliath, the Virgin and Child, the Call of St. Andrew, St. Nicholas, St. Francis of Assisi, and the Children’s Window.

More contemporary are the windows along the staircase to the bell tower, the "Cardinals and Vine" and Dove of the Holy Spirit, dedicated in 1967 in memory of Elizabeth Sterling Buell.

The beautiful tradition of giving memorial windows continues. Five - again designed by Willet - have been installed in the lobbies, vesting room and new wing since 2003. Through charming and meaningful stained glass symbols of their lives, the windows memorialize Betty Berney Payne; Sarah McGraw Cinelli; Edith Greer Plaggemeyer and Elizabeth Plaggemeyer Candler; Douglas Campbell, Jr. and Betty Bird. Download CCGP Stained Glass - A Self-Guided Tour pdf 765kb

Throughout the years, parishioners and friends also have continued to make generous gifts of sculpture, paintings, antique furnishings, Oriental rugs, vestments and altar hangings, ecclesiastical silver, tapestries, and other fine art objects.

The vision that Christ Church would outgrow its "chapel" building was well founded. Although it officially remained a chapel of the Detroit “mother church” for more than 20 years (from 1923 to 1947), within three years of its dedication Christ Church Grosse Pointe had 400 children in Sunday School. By 1939, there were 630 member families and 450 in Sunday School, with 46 baptisms and 77 confirmations that year.

The same year it officially attained parish status, 1947, Christ Church was ready to establish a mission of its own - St. Michael's in Grosse Pointe Woods. A second mission, St. George's in Warren, began in 1955.

Although a great "cathedral" was never built, the physical plant at Christ Church has expanded dramatically over the years.

The Tudor-style rectory was built in 1938. It soon was followed by Miller Hall, built in memory of Sidney T. Miller, Sr., a living-room-like gathering place for various parish meetings and functions. (Although dismantled as a separate structure in 2000, much of Miller Hall was incorporated into Christ Church's new Education Wing.)

As part of presenting a beautiful face to the world, Christ Church in 1966 installed the Virginia Brush Ford Memorial Rose Garden, in the form of a boxwood maze. The garden is part of, and central to, the Columbarium, which has been enlarged three times since initial construction in 1967. page 3>