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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Make Bake Create Party #28: Creativity in England



  
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This week, I thought I'd show off some of the creativity I encountered on my trip to England a couple weeks ago.


Here is a Celtic brooch that was found at the bottom of the Roman spa at Bath. It was likely tossed in there as an offering back when we figured years in hundreds instead of thousands.


Dressmakers used to make miniature examples of their work to give customers an idea of their skill. These little outfits really intrigued me. I found this one at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.


I bet you'd never imagine that some of the best stories in history were penned at this tiny table. This is Jane Austen's writing desk---displayed at her house in Chawton Village, Hampshire.


What do you imagine this is?  That's right---it's King Arthur's Round Table. I had the opportunity to tour The Great Hall at Winchester. It was totally unplanned and ended up being my favorite part of the trip!

From the website:  "According to legend, the Round Table which hangs in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle is the table around which King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table met, and it has been famous for centuries for its associations with the legendary 'Once and Future King'. Although we now know that it originated many centuries later, the table’s mystique still remains.
It was probably created in about 1290, for a tournament near Winchester to celebrate the betrothal of one of Edward I’s daughters. When the table was taken down from the wall and investigated by a team of scientists in 1976, tree ring evidence and carbon dating placed it in the 13th or early 14th century which supports that idea."
What an awesome experience---I'm already planning next year's tour!

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Make Bake Create #27



  
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

All Together In One Accord---Fellowship at Bath Abbey

"These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer" ~Acts 1:14

One of the most memorable days during my England tour was the Sunday morning I spent worshipping with those who attend The Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Bath.


I'd been looking forward to this since I first found out we had free time on the first Sunday morning of our tour---there was just no way that I wasn't going to take time to thank God for allowing me to have this awesome England experience.


Having attended mainly Pentecostal and Baptist churches, I'd never experienced an Anglican service before and had never participated in the kind of liturgy and communion that took place that day.  


What an amazing experience to fellowship with other Christians on a site that has been devoted to Christian worship since 757 AD! 


What was really neat is the fact that this site at Bath was originally part of a complex dedicated to pagan gods as early as 600 BC.  


I love this timeline that explains the history of the site. What a great way to remind us how God took something bad and turned it around for good.  While some would say the pagan past should be forgotten, the Christians visiting the site would not be able to make that connection without a reminder of the history of the place.


Another amazing part of the service was the sweet boys choir.  It was so awesome to see them in their green and white robes, making their way up the aisle, singing all the way.


"For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread." ~1 Corinthians 10:17


I am so thrilled to have been given the chance to worship and receive communion with the other believers at Bath Abbey. God is alive and doing good things in England!

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