Thanks to Revd. David from Abingdon Baptist Church for this Report …

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 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.