Shoreham College was thrilled to be involved in the Shoreham Gospels, a community creation that has taken six months to produce, and dedicated at a united church service on Sunday at St Mary de Haura Church.
Ten of our Junior and Senior pupils worked in small groups during their break times to write out and illustrate pages from the Gospels to help celebrate the Year of the Bible. The project was initiated by Father James Grant and involved 128 people from the Shoreham community. 728 pages in total were produced and bound into a beautiful book that will hopefully become part of Shoreham’s heritage and be enjoyed for many generations to come.
The service of dedication was attended by Shoreham College Headmaster, Richard Taylor-West, teacher Julian Batstone, and Head of Juniors, Kathryn Stokes who spoke at the service. She told the congregation how our pupils had enthusiastically embraced the challenge of taking part in local history and how they had reflected on the meaning of the gospels and their importance. “I was humbled by the focus and dedication of our pupils. We feel so grateful to have been a part of the project. Involving pupils and staff from both the junior and senior school made this a wonderful opportunity to share skills and talents and to develop friendships and reflect on both the religious and literary beauty of the Gospels.
Richard Taylor-West said, "It's wonderful that our pupils were given the opportunity to take part in history in the making and that their beautiful work will be preserved in such a unique way."