Sometimes we receive nice letters from churches and individuals who have appreciated the Knitted Bible. here are 2 examples.
When we started knitting at the end of February 2008, we were only intending to create the scene of ‘The Last Supper’, but, enthusiasm and imagination, combined to make us much more ambitious!
Our hope is that in depicting some of the best-known stories in the Bible, everyone who sees them will be able to understand and enjoy them – and may discover some detail that they had forgotten or never noticed before – whilst learning more about God and his love for this world and its people.
The project has involved most of our own congregation as well as friends from other churches and places, who have knitted, sewn, constructed scenery and props, made donations of materials, taken photographs, made videos, typed this script and produced the Knitted Bible Booklet. None of it would have been possible without their help and support, for which I am extremely grateful. My apologies to anyone who has been omitted in error from the list below, of those who have worked together so well in order to produce ‘The Knitted Bible’ at St. George’s.
Rev. Val Towler, MA (Minister), June 2008
St. George’s Junior Church, St. George’s Pilot Company, Wyn Parkinson, Nancy Stephenson, Chris Eddowes, Ruth Miller, Frank Whittaker, Margaret Humberston, Margaret Welford, Enid Bushnell, Valerie Waite, Irene Walton, George Parkinson, Margaret Carter, Sheila Deacon, Ann Foster, Aileen Whittaker, Marilyn Armstrong, Alison Kaye, Janet White, Ida Hodgman, Val Towler, Charlotte Glaze, Emily Rodgers, Philippa Longstaff, May Ord, Elma Welsh, Elizabeth Granger, Betty Woodhall, John Ross, Bill White, Alastair Bushnell, Harry Goulding, Moyra Mudd, David Towler, Jenny Garlick, Alan Woodhall, Richard Eddowes, Gladys Hall, Shirley Hockborn, Janet Henderson, Jackie Burnett, Betty Thompson, Lou Lewis, Mary Daniel, Connie Ross, Rosemary Neat and Les Lee.
Anniversary cake when exhibition returned to Hartlepool in 2022 for the first time in over 12 years.
Rev Val Towler at unveiling of the community scene in 2022.
David Herbert, Sandra Twist, Rose Hastings and Margaret Humberston