Remembering the Bible in Blackburn

Yesterday Revidge Fold United Reformed Church hosted a Vision4life Day for United Reformed Churches in Blackburn. About 20 people attended and spent some part of the day remembering the bible together.

We began with pictures by Dinah Roe Kendall, whose work I have mentioned before. Her two pictures of Palm Sunday and the Family at Bethany provided a good starting point, as participants could easily relate to the vibrant images. You can get them from Piquant here:

http://www.piquant.net/PDFs/postersallegories.pdf

Then we went on to try some of the Vision4life Bible Year Menu activities. Remember anyone can visit the Vision4life web page, view the menu and download materials, even if they are not 'signed up'.

From the menu we did the Jesus life-line and later in the afternoon Kennings and Cookies.

There's a link to the Vision4life website at the side of this page. Some of the participants said...

'A day well spent, an eye opener'

'Reassuring and real'

'Thought provoking'

'Brings the Bible to life'

'Made me dig deeper'

Whilst I understand that 'not everyone would want to do this' if you think you know some people that do then please get in touch.

Meanwhile a thought from the way home on the Caldervale line, after St Francis.

Remembering, after St Francis

Make me a channel of your peace:

where there is chaos,
may patterns emerge;
where there are words,
sentences take shape;
where there are fragments,
stories unfold.

For it is in remembering we forget,
in forgiving we are released to forgive,
and in listening we are empowered to speak;
in fighting we discover our need of peace,
in hugging we gain courage to let go,
and in creating we set free the stuff of life.

[copyright Janet Lees]