The St George’s Knitted Bible
CONTACT -Kathryn Humberston 01429 425847
Or email humberstons@ntlworld.com
St George’s URC are happy to loan their Knitted Bible Exhibition without charge. The exhibition has 36 scenes which are packed for transport, also a number of scenery items. To transport them a medium sized Transit Van is needed.
Kathryn will happily discuss any queries you have. Please see phone number or email address above.
A share of any donations that you may acquire would be gratefully received.
Have a look at our review from the Guardian Newspaper from November 13th 2023
Knitted Bible Year Plan 2023
January
Saturday 10th December 2022 – Friday 20th January 2023 Utkinton St Paul’s Primary School, Utkinton, Tarporly, Cheshire
February
March
Wednesday 1st March 2023 – Sunday 19th March 2023 Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit, Elm Ridge and Cockerton, County Durham
Saturday 25th March – Sunday 9th April Wilmslow Methodist Church, Bramhall and Wythenshawe Circuit, Cheshire
April
Saturday 25th March – Sunday 9th April Wilmslow Methodist Church, Bramhall and Wythenshawe Circuit, Cheshire
May
Monday 1st May 2023 – Monday 22nd May 2023, St Mary Magdalene Church, Belmont, Durham
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 – Thursday 8th June St Michael & All Angels Church (part of the Maund Group of Churches), Hereford, Herefordshire
June
Friday 9th June – Tuesday 27th June 2023 St Bartholomew’s Church, London, SE26 6QR
Wednesday 28 June 2023 – Tuesday 4 July 2023, St Peter’s Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire
July
Wednesday 28 June 2023 – Tuesday 4 July 2023, St Peter’s Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire
Saturday 8 July 2023 – Sunday 30 July 2023, Grange Methodist Church, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
August
Tuesday 1st August 2023 – Thursday 17th August 2023, Millom Methodist Church and Millom Baptist Church, Cumbria
September
Saturday 9th September 2023 – Saturday 30th September 2023 Providence URC, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 3DP
October
Monday 2nd October 2023 – Monday 16th October 2023 St Luke’s Church, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
Tuesday 17th October 2023 – Tuesday 31st October 2023 United Beneficent of Cheswardine, Childs Ercall, Hales, Hinstock, Sambrook and Stoke on Tern
November
Wednesday 1st November 2023 – Friday 10th November 2023, St Thomas with St Maurice, York, North Yorkshire
December
Friday 1st December 2023 – Monday 4th December 2023 St Mary’s Church, Old Newton, Suffolk
KNITTED BIBLE 2024
January
Saturday 20 January 2024 – Thursday 29 February 2024, St Michael’s Church, Thorpe le Soken, Essex
February
Saturday 20 January 2024 – Thursday 29 February 2024, St Michael’s Church, Thorpe le Soken, Essex
March
Thursday 14 March 2024 – Saturday 23 March 2024 Keelby Methodist Church, Keelby, Lincolnshire
Monday 25th March 2024 – Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Baginton Road URC, Coventry
April
Monday 25th March 2024 – Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Baginton Road URC, Coventry
Thursday 25th April 2024 – Friday 24th May 2024 Jerusalem Chapel, Presbyterian Church of Wales, Berriew, Powys, Wales
May
Thursday 25th April 2024 – Friday 24th May 2024 Jerusalem Chapel, Presbyterian Church of Wales, Berriew, Powys, Wales
June
Saturday 1st June 2024 – Wednesday 31st July 2024 Shiloh Newydd, Tregarth and St John’s Methodist Church, Bangor, Gwynedd
July
Saturday 1st June 2024 – Wednesday 31st July 2024 Shiloh Newydd, Tregarth and St John’s Methodist Church, Bangor, Gwynedd
August
Thursday 1 August 2024 – Sunday 31 August 2024, The Parish Church of St Oswald King & Martyr, Oswestry, Shropshire
September
Sunday 01 September 2024 – Monday 30 September 2024, St Peter’s Church, Lindal with Marton, South Cumbria
October
Tuesday 1st October 2024 – Thursday31st October 2024 Bridge URC, Otley, West Yorkshire
November
Friday 1 November 2024 – Friday 8 November 2024, St Hilda’s Church, York, North Yorkshire
Saturday 9 November 2024 – Saturday 30 November 2024, Bilton Area Methodist Church, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
December
Sunday 1 December 2024 – Wednesday 15 January 2025, Altrincham United Reformed Church, Altrincham, Cheshire
KNITTED BIBLE 2025
January
Sunday 1 December 2024 – Wednesday 15 January 2025, Altrincham United Reformed Church, Altrincham, Cheshire
February
March
Monday 24th March 2025 – Monday 7th April 2025, St Joseph’s RC Parish Church, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
April
Monday 24th March 2025 – Monday 7th April 2025, St Joseph’s RC Parish Church, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Monday 14th April 2025 – Monday 28th April 2025, Keswick Methodist Church, Keswick, Cumbria
May
June
Monday 2 June 2025 – Monday 16 June 2025, St Hugh’s Church, Old Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Thursday 19 June 2025 – Tuesday 22 July 2025, Chapel Field Road Methodist Church, Norwich, Norfolk
July
Thursday 19 June 2025 – Tuesday 22 July 2025, Chapel Field Road Methodist Church, Norwich, Norfolk
August
September
October
November
December
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.
