The festival and exhibition are in celebration of 400 years of the King James’ Bible which was completed in 1611.

Among the Bibles on display will be a 1^st edition of the King James with translations varying from Greek & Hebrew to Urdu & Welsh together with many English translations such as a Youth Bible, Coronation Bible, and Street Bible.

The exhibition is free and light refreshments (tea, coffee & cakes) will be available all day.

Also in the Church will be a Scriptorium. This is where the monks of old copied manuscripts by hand, often illuminating the capital letters with gold and brilliant colours.

Come along on Saturday and Sunday and try your hand at calligraphy the old fashioned way. There will be expert help and advice on hand to help.

A very important part of the weekend is the Art Exhibition illustrating events from the Bible in any form. The prize-winners will be announced during the interval at the concert on Friday evening.

On Friday at 7:00pm there will be a Summer Community Concert with St Peter’s Singers; Junior St James’ Singers; Recorders from Wellesbourne CofE School and promising young solo instrumentalists from around Wellesbourne. It’s free to go & refreshments will be on sale during the interval. There will be a retiring collection.

On Saturday
CHEDHAM’S YARD

will present a "Traditional Crafts Community Day" from 10am until 4pm with amazing interactive demonstrations of such crafts as Stone Masonry;

Spinning, Dying & Weaving; Green wood working and Chair making in and around St Peter's Church Centre.

Why not come and join in with our fun family activities?

Exhibition of Bibles





Community Concert





Craft Displays





Refreshments





Scriptorium





Cantamus





Bell ringing





Stalls

STALLS IN THE CHURCHYARD
ON SATURDAY FROM 2.00 TO 4.00pm

Second Hand Books
Jewellery
Children’s Games (3 stalls)
50p Bazaar
Tombola
Greetings Cards
Lions Stall
Jubilate Books
Ceramic Painting
U3A

ON SUNDAY

The 10.15am Service will feature The Bible in 20 Minutes with Richard Cooke, Principal, Coventry Diocesan Training Partnership. Richard is a great communicator whose teaching brings the Bible to life.

The Bible exhibition and the Scriptorium will be open from noon until 4pm and refreshments will be on sale all afternoon.

At 4.30pm the St Peter’s ringers will ring a celebration quarter peal and at 6.00pm, one of the highlights of the weekend will be the Concert by Cantamus, a chamber choir from Shipston-on-Stour. The musical items will be interspersed with readings from the King James Bible.

This is the one item of the Festival that is not free and tickets are £7.50 including a drink during the interval. Tickets can be obtained in advance at only £6.00 from Stephen Nightingale on 01789 842464.

Full details of the concert and all the other events can be found in the free Festival Programme available all over the village with details also on the website:
www.stpeterswellesbourne. org.uk/festival-2011 .