FOCUS: NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN PROJECTS

JANUARY 2012

Christian Projects: President The Rt Rev and Rt Hon the Lord Carey of Cliton

Chairman: Mrs Joanna Bogle  Vice Chairman: Lady Benyon

Trustees: Sir William Benyon, The Baroness Cox The Hon John Jolliffe

 

 

INSPIRATION AND HOPE...

 

The winners of the 2011 Schools Bible Project went to Parliament  in December to collect their prizes – Bibles, personal book prizes, and cheques for their schools.  These were presented by Baroness Cox, one of the Trustees of Christian Projects. She spoke movingly about the inspiration that the Scriptures can give, and placed this in the context of her work for those who are persecuted for their religious beliefs, and for children rescued after being abducted and forced to become child-soldiers in parts of Africa. In particular, she described how two boys, both kidnapped in a civil war and forced to take part in brutal fighting, were finally rescued through the Humanitarian Relief Trust, and wanted to show their thanks. They did this by carefully copying out their favourite Bible verses and presented them to her.  “They had learned these verses by heart and treasured them, and they wanted  me to have them, too. It made me realise just how important and beautiful it is to be able to know something of the Bible.  This is a book which has inspired men and women for centuries.”

 

The Schools Bible Project, which has now been running for over 20 years, aims to support and assist schools in Britain in showing their students how to understand something of the role and importance of the Scriptures.

 

Winners of the 2011 Schools Bible Project were:

 

GIRLS

1^st (jointly) Izzy Katharine Grint, Dr Challoner’s High School for Girls, Buckinghamshire and Amy Wray, The Bluecoat School, Wavertree, Liverpool

2^nd Sonya Bushell, St Augustine’s School, Scarborough

3^rd Lucy Buick, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, N. Ireland

4^th Natasha Gould, Ampleforth College, York

 

BOYS

1^st Peter G. Brennan, St Peter’s Catholic School, Guildford

2^nd Jader Gneiting Mountfichet MC College

3^rd Kamran Ahmed Wallington County Grammar School

4^th Sam Prosser Bishop Rawstorne C.of E.College, Croston, Lancs.

 

A brochure for the 2012 Schools Bible Project is with this newsletter, and is also being sent to every secondary school in Britain with the standard Hamilton House mailing in January and March 2012.

 

 

Christian Projects is an ecumenical charity, bringing together Christians from mainstream denominations in Britain. Our Patron is Most Rev and Rt Hon Lord Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Our Trustees are Sir William Benyon, Baroness Cox and the Hon John Jolliffe. Our chairman is Mrs Joanna Bogle and vice-chairman Lady Benyon. Our website is  at: www.christianprojects.org.uk