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"The
Project did encourage into the church some who would not be
worshippers, or otherwise attached" (Parish Rector, Belfast)
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"Children
enjoyed the experience .... these chapters not usually studied in
school" (Primary school teacher, L'derry)
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"Impressed
by support and patience of Bible Society staff to .... a small
congregation" (Sunday School teacher)
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"Would
like to see the Bible when it is finished" - (College students)
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"Excellent
project - helps our congregation to see they are part of a whole
Church - various denominations and schools involved" (Presbyterian
minister)
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"Every
pupil entered into the spirit of the enterprise, took their task
very seriously and enjoyed being part of an unusual activity" (High
School, Co. Tyrone).
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"We
did the writing after church service ..... we also provided tea and
coffee .... everyone was very positive about the project." (Presbyterian
Church, Newtownards)
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"Children
who have no church background had the opportunity to read and copy
portions of Scripture" (Primary school teacher, County Antrim)
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"The
S.U. members .... include pupils from our Learning support unit.
They were delighted to be included in the project." (County
Armagh schoolteacher)
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"The
children ..... thought it was a great idea to have everyone writing
out the Scriptures. They are delighted that it is going to be bound
and will be available to others and perhaps even themselves in years
to come." (High School, County Tyrone)
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"Sunday
School intends to perhaps copy one of the books of the Bible for
their own use." (Sunday School teacher, County Armagh)
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"Good."
"Fun," "Interesting." "Glad someone
invented printers!" "Different." "Good for
handwriting." (Primary schoolchildren, County Fermanagh)
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"Lovely
verses." "Really spoke to me." "Really enjoyed
doing that." (Sunday School children, East Belfast)
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"I
got a lot of 'They must have been writing for ever to write out
chapters and verses!' When the girls weren't writing I encouraged
them to reflect on the passages and chat about them." (Grammar
school teacher, North Down)
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"Thanks
for the project - very meaningful and worthwhile" (Grammar
school teacher, Belfast)
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"People
wrote verses and found the verses spoke to them"
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"It
was amazing how random verses spoke specifically to the writers"
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"Thank
you for organising this, we had a great day!"
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"We
all came in together when it was the usual Bible class time.
Some were a bit impatient waiting for their turn - I would probably
do it differently next time"
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"It
was a great opportunity to get some young people involved who don't
come to Bible class - I'm hoping that next term they will come as
they have met the others in the group"
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"Thank
you for allowing us to be part of this project"
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"It
was wonderful to be part of such a project"
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"People
felt they were making a positive contribution to the copying of the
best selling book in the world"
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"The
children, by copying the verses, could identify with people who have
copied the Bible in the past"
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"What
a pity the national media wouldn't pick up on a story like this!"
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"It
took longer than I anticipated"
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"We
had excellent assistants who managed two writing stations each -
they were exhausted at the end of it!"
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"Don't
try to rush it - we averaged about 5-6 writers in every 35 minutes"
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"The
posters and a display of Bibles in different languages occupied
people while they were waiting. Don't allow peripheral
activities to distract from the main purpose of handwriting the Bible"
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"The
response to the various languages was particularly strong and those
whose first language was outside the curriculum were particularly
affirmed by the experience"
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"As
school chaplain it provided a worthwhile point of contact with
students and was a very positive boost to my own pastoral role in the
school. Thank you"
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"It
created great interest. The students enjoyed doing it but did
not feel that anything was being pushed at them"
