Hundreds Enquire...
...through cathedral exhibitions
The splendid cathedrals that are such significant places of beauty and inspiration in the heart of our cities are major tourist attractions. People come for the art, architecture, the sense of history or as a refuge and simply a quiet place. Now some are contacting Christian Enquiry Agency to find out about the Christian faith thanks to a series of specially created exhibitions for cathedrals. Over 800 visitors have so far completed CEA response cards. “What a tremendous opportunity we have to tell people not just about the cathedral but about Jesus as their personal Saviour,” said Eric Thompson, director of the Deo Gloria Trust which commissioned the exhibitions.
Based on the Bible, each of the exhibitions feature creative use of textiles by Jacqui Frost alongside poems by Paul Field on different themes – Creation, Angels, Beatitudes, The Journey, Prayer, River of Life, I Am’s, Good Grief and, just commissioned, Rites of Passage. There are Christian Enquiry Agency freepost response cards for visitors to take. A cathedral guide said, “The three displays we have seen this year have been both beautiful and thought provoking. I sometimes work with first year secondary school children. Your work has been a great help in explaining various concepts to them.”
Prayer and Creation banners, which are exact copies of the originals in the exhibitions, can be hired by individual churches in addition to the exhibitions available to cathedrals. See
www.cathedralexhibition.org.uk or telephone Deo Gloria Trust on 020 8651 6246.