Knitted Bible scenes go on display in St Nicholas Church, Sturry
Each multi-character scene depicts one story and has an explanation board and a prayer attached.Church warden Jane Freeman said: "When I brought this proposal to the church council thinking that, no, they won't want this because it's a little strange, much to my surprise they said they would go with it."Ms Freeman has arranged them to fit in with the architecture of the church."We have the south aisle with the New Testament stories and the north aisle with the Old Testament and the chancel area with Jesus` birth, death and resurrection, and then John the Baptist by the font."
Rev Lucy Sullivan, associate chaplain at King's School in Canterbury, delivered Sunday's service from behind a tiny knitted Last Supper.She said: "I hope the congregation see that the Gospel and the words of Scripture are alive and living today and I know that organisers are hoping to welcome lots of new visitors this week."
Martin Pilgrim, who helped bring the knitted Bible to Kent, said: "I was expecting it to be pages of script knitted and crocheted and then discovered it was this wonderful exhibition of tableaux."I was bowled over by the care and love that's gone into making it and the way is depicts stories and scenes that people can relate to."
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