Church uses Bible illustrations for Lenten lessons
SAINT CLOUD TIMES
March 7, 2011
MINNESOTA--The Rev. William Meier doesn’t just want people to read the Bible during Lent but to experience it. With illuminations from The Saint John’s Bible, the congregation at First United Methodist Church will be doing just that. The St. Cloud church will offer a Lenten study using art from the world’s latest handwritten and illustrated Bible and the first Bible to be commissioned in 500 years. “We have the facsimile copies of the Bible itself, which we will have on hand, but primarily we are using a DVD with computerized images that we will be projecting for the whole group to see and reflect upon,” said Meier, lead pastor of the church. The original Saint John’s Bible, commissioned by St. John’s Abbey, is more than 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide when open. Its construction parallels that of its medieval predecessors — natural handmade inks, hand-ground pigments and gold leaf. “Our church has many high-quality professional artists in it, so there was an appreciation of art to begin with there at our church, and the intersection between art and spirituality seemed like a natural fit for us,” Meier said. [link]
March 7, 2011
MINNESOTA--The Rev. William Meier doesn’t just want people to read the Bible during Lent but to experience it. With illuminations from The Saint John’s Bible, the congregation at First United Methodist Church will be doing just that. The St. Cloud church will offer a Lenten study using art from the world’s latest handwritten and illustrated Bible and the first Bible to be commissioned in 500 years. “We have the facsimile copies of the Bible itself, which we will have on hand, but primarily we are using a DVD with computerized images that we will be projecting for the whole group to see and reflect upon,” said Meier, lead pastor of the church. The original Saint John’s Bible, commissioned by St. John’s Abbey, is more than 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide when open. Its construction parallels that of its medieval predecessors — natural handmade inks, hand-ground pigments and gold leaf. “Our church has many high-quality professional artists in it, so there was an appreciation of art to begin with there at our church, and the intersection between art and spirituality seemed like a natural fit for us,” Meier said. [link]
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