Wednesday, December 05, 2007

A Bible Project...


...for schools - and today we had the prizegiving, and it was all a huge success. It's run by Christian Projects, an ecumenical group with which I am involved. A brochure goes to every secondary school in Britain, inviting essays on New Testament themes - look it up on this website. -

The young prizewinners come to the House of Lords every year to recieve their prizes - Bibles, and personal book prizes, plus cheques for their schools - from Baroness Cox, who is one of our Trustees. It was a very happy day - we all met in the Central Lobby, and I gave the group a tour of Parliament: we lingered in the Great Hall, where St Thomas More was tried, and Sir Winston Churchill lay in state, and HM the Queen Mother... the prizegiving ceremony was delightful, and we had celebration cakes and proud parents took lots of pictures...afterwards we held our Annual General Meeting, reviewing how things had gone, and making plans for 2008. This is a useful organisation with real ecumenical co-operation, and much generosity and goodwill.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds wonderful...