Here is some information that has been sent to us about an event happening in Whitby this weekend.
The People’s Bible comes to Whitby
The People’s Bible is a brand new project which is being launched to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible and it is coming to Whitby on the 16th of July.
The project’s ‘ScribePod’ – a manned tent where people can hand-write their verses from an iPad on to digital paper and into an online archive – will be outside the Tourist Information Centre on New Quay Road throughout the afternoon.
Along with the people of Whitby, for the next four months, people across the country are being invited to write out two verses of the Bible with a digital pen. This pen connects to The People’s Bible website and within 1 minute the handwritten verses will be visible there: http://www.thepeoplesbible.org/view-a-verse/latest-verses-written/
This means that hundreds of thousands of people across Great Britain will have taken up to the challenge to ‘make their mark in history’ by contributing to the first ever digital handwritten Bible – which will remain on the internet for perpetuity.
The project was launched 19th June, at Edinburgh Castle – the anniversary of the birth of King James VI of Scotland, at the castle, in 1566. It will end at a special service on 16th November 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
Already, HRH The Prince of Wales has written the first two verses of a new handwritten, digital Bible (Genesis 1:1–2) along with other high profile personalities.
These verses can be viewed from at www.thepeoplesbible.org/view-a-verse/celebrity-verses<http://www.thepeoplesbible.org/view-a-verse/celebrity-verses>
The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition will be penning their chosen verses later this year.