Letter from the Vicarage - July 2011

Dear Friends,

As you know this year we are celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the publication of the first proper authorised version of the bible – the so-called King James Version.  Since then many translations have been made and the bible has been disseminated across the whole world in hundreds of different languages.  There is nothing however to compare with the beauty and stateliness of the King James Version.

However it is said that the bible is the best-selling book but the worst read.  I have tried various schemes, but I came across one recently which is a very simple idea.  The simplest ideas are always the best I think.

It is called E100.  ‘E’ stands for essential.  There are 100 essential readings for the entire bible and it suggests that everyone could manage about four or five a week.  If you have a computer, you can download the plan easily.  Just put ‘E100’ into the Search Engine.

For those who don’t have access to a computer or who don’t wish to download it, I am putting some copies of a printed version of it in the two churches. If you can’t get to church or don’t normally come, get in touch and I will get a copy to you.

Why not accept the Bible Reading Challenge and put E100 to the test?  It would be a good way of celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the English Bible and would familiarise you with the 100 basic or essential passages.

Yours sincerely,

Geoffrey

From the Parish Registers

          

Christenings

Katie Beau Elizabeth Bratton and

Catherine Marie Bratton at Cookley 5^th June

Adam Robert Joseph Brown and

Melanie Bent at Cookley 12^th June

Roxi Kirton at Cookley 26^th June

Funerals

Joyce Gould at Wolverley 9^th June

Mary Perks at Cookley 28^th June

Edna Alice (Ann) Downes at Stourbridge Crematorium 29^th June