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The People’s Bible at Abingdon Market

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Thanks to Revd. David from Abingdon Baptist Church for this Report …
The People's Bible
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. That publication put the Bible into the hands of ordinary people, and the Bible Society have been on a national tour to promote the anniversary and to encourage people to re-engage with the Bible.

Called “the People’s Bible”, tens of thousands of people around the country have been copying out a couple of verses of the Bible. Using digital technology their words and their handwriting are uploaded to the internet to produce a unique, handwritten Bible.
The People's Bible
The tour ends on 16th November when a copy of the People’s Bible, created by people around the country, will be presented to the queen.

Normally the tour is going to big cities, but the Church in Abingdon was able to bring the People’s Bible to Abingdon on Market Day, 31st October.

During the day 88 passers-by of all ages wrote out 176 verses from the bible. For most of the day there was a queue at the stall. You can view their contributions and those of thousands of others including celebrities like Jeremy Vine, Aled Jones and Prince Charles, by visiting www.thepeoplesbible.org.

Update on Revd. Paul and Revd. Richard

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Army Day
The Revd. Paul Smith of St. Michael’s and St. Nicolas celebrated 10 years of ordination in style at St. Michaels.  (Thanks to John for the picture).

Meanwhile at Trinity we were very glad to welcome back Revd. Richard who has been quite seriously ill. Revd Richard will hopefully be back to full strength and leading worship from September.

What does Pente cost

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Pentecost
In the puppet theatre tent were two Muppet style puppets …
Pentecost
Muppet 1: I’m counting my money. I don’t think I have enough money to go to church this Sunday.
Muppet 2: What do you mean?
Muppet 1: How much does Pente cost?
Muppet 2: Pentecost is not something you can buy!
Pentecost
The Church in Abingdon were out on the Market Place celebrating what they call the birthday of the church –  which happened on the Jewish feast of Pentecost.
Pentecost
And so they made a party out of it with cake, games, face painting, and muppets. Tomorrow some churches will be celebrating pentecost, others I am told celebrate pentecost all the time so don’t need a particular Sunday.

Happy Birthday Churchy

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Crowds on Market Place
It looked like somebody had put a mosque in front of the County Hall this morning.
Inflatable Church
But on closer inspection it turned out to be an inflatable church.
Puppet Show in Church
Inside there was a puppet show going on, and nearby were stalls put on by the Church in Abingdon and a big cake to celebrate the birthday of the church on the day of Pentecost back in the first century AD.

It is Pentecost tomorrow and there will be an act of worship at 3 PM  on the Market Place.
Activities on the Market Place
As well as the church in Abingdon celebrations there was music from the Abbey Concert Band, Coffee from Costa and Coffee Republic, and a stall by Vale House who care for people with Alzheimer’s in Botley.