Swanmore Open Gardens took place on 1st August 2010 and over 200 visitors were welcomed.  If you are interested in visiting next year, please check this website in June 2011, or contact the church office.

Photo Montage: Copyright Brian Pancott Photography 2010

2010 Easter Banners

A set of three Easter Banners was hung in St Barnabas Church in time for the Easter Weekend. The banners were made by nine people working at home and occasionally coming together to compare methods, encourage each other and to stitch finished pieces to the silk background. The banners are based on the acclamation often used in the Communion Service. 

“Christ has died!” shows the cross with the crown of thorns surrounded by the passion flower, a symbol of Jesus suffering, and at the bottom, the grape vine.  The wine is symbolic of Jesus’ blood shed for us all and he said “I am the vine” (John 15.)

“Christ is risen!” has the growing wheat linking to the sentence in John 12 “Unless a grain of wheat fall into the ground . . ”.  The butterflies are symbols of the resurrection and the pomegranate is a very old picture of the growth of the church, the many seeds representing all believers. 

“Christ will come again” has the Star of David, a crown for Jesus as King and in Revelation 22  Jesus says he is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.  The tree is the tree of life bearing fruit that stands by the river of the water of life.  The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.   (Revelation 22).

Please see the monthly calendar for all this month's event and the key events for next month.