Zephaniah Trust
"taking light into dark corners"
Bible Times Exhibition
the story...
The Bible is so much more than one book. The sixty-six books that make up our Bible include histories, poetry, letters, prophesies and more. Its history is full of fascinating facts and the people who wrote it and who have translated it have lived through exciting, often dangerous times.
Rev Stan Woods and his wife Brenda have gathered the exhibition over the years and lovingly cared for it, taking it out wherever people want to hear the stories of the book and its people. The exhibition includes exhibits up to 3000 years old, covering the history of the Bible and how it has impacted society right up to the present day.
The exhibition will stay for a number of days in a church or hall where visitors come to see and be surprised at the breadth and depth of the collection.
the aims...
...to tell the story of the Bible - what it is and how/where it came to be written
...to bring to life the history of Biblical times and the stories of the Old and New Testaments
...to tell the stories of how the Bible has changed lives and the world, from hundreds of years ago up to the present day.
the exhibition...
includes
...artefacts and replicas of objects from history e.g. coins, manuscripts, scrolls, bibles, models and much more
and sections on
...the English Bible - featuring stories of John Wycliffe, William Tyndale and Henry VIII, the Geneva Bible and the King James Version
...translations - how the Bible came from Hebrew and Greek into more than 4000 languages and different formats
...the social reformers - people who have changed the world because of their understanding of what the Bible says, e.g William Wilberforce, Elizabeth Fry and Lord Shaftesbury.
the legacy...
When we bring the Exhibition to you, we hope to leave you with a number of positives:
- Your visitors, children and adults, will have had a good experience of church
- Children will go away from school visits to the exhibition and tell their parents what they've seen
- Booking us for future visits will provide the opportunity to build on relationships with schools and other groups
- We can help you think through other ways you could serve your local school - for example throuh the Open the Book project, training Christians to tell Bible stories in their local schools.
the presentation...
Many schools welcome these invitations as the exhibits tie in with areas of their Curriculum. The exhibition appeals to all ages and space can be made for adult as well as school groups to visit. Specific time slots will be allocated to the groups who will then have our full attention! Visits are led by our team.
For school groups, the presentation includes a quiz, enabling the students to explore the exhibition for themselves, finding the answers as they go. The quiz acts as a souvenir which the children can take home and keep as a reminder of their Bible Times experience.
Office Address:
Zephaniah Office
PO Box 310
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 9BX