Charnwood Road Baptist Church

Banner Group

The Banner Group was formed in the autumn of 2005 to make two banners for the church for Christmas. Co-ordinated by Pam Frost and six other ladies - Pauline Halford, Pauline Hillier, Joyce Roberts, Carole Smith, Pam Spiby and Maureen Walbey - they met regularly to sew and embroider.

The group would not profess to be anything other than enthusiastic housewives using their sewing skills, as we work happily together - as an act of worship to the glory of God.

 Christmas shepherds

 The designs for the Christmas Banners were original but one (the manger) was inspired by a charity Christmas card. Preliminary work included drawing full scale patterns from the rough sketch plans, purchasing the materials and threads required and making up the banner 'bases'. These jobs took some weeks.

 Christmas manger

 On the cross
Risen and alive

 

Two Easter banners were produced early in 2006
followed by two more on a general theme during
the summer of that year. Again the designs were original.

 

 

 


Joyce and Pauline working on a banner    Pam, Joyce and the 2 Paulines
These 4 photos show the ladies working on the Pentecost and Trinity Sunday banners

Pam, 2 Paulines and Maureen    Pauline and Pam

 

 

Pentecost banner 

Banners for Pentecost and Trinity Sunday
2007 were started in March 2007.

The design for the Pentecost one was adapted from a banner hanging in
St Margaret's Parish Church, Ipswich in Queensland, Australia - seen on the Frost's visit there in September 2006

 

Trinity Sunday 

 

  

 love one another

Over spring 2008 the Banner Group
completed two new banners.
These are on general themes – loving and giving - suggested by some seen in Broad Haven Baptist Church, in Wales.
They were put up in church for the first Sunday in July and will be used in rotation with the rest of the banners.

freely give 

 Late in 2009, two of our members, Bob and Ruth Ellett, visited Nepal where they had served with BMS for 13 years. The banner group were asked to make three banners to be taken as gifts from CRBC. These were smaller than those hanging in church. Two were based on banners already made for church and the other was a new design - 'Peace'.

 Pentecost banner

 Bhutwal banner

 Peace Banner for Pokhara

 Banner 1.
KISC, Kathmandu.

 Banner 2.
Bethany Baptist Church, Butwal.

 Banner 3.
Tharpaling, Pokhara.

(The Nepalese script of John 21: 15 took a lot of mastering but we managed to get it right in the end!)

House of the Lord


Our Pastor promptly ordered another 'Peace' banner which now hangs at the back of the sanctuary. Early in 2011 we produced another smaller banner which is displayed in the church vestibule.

The “musical” banner that we had hoped to stitch next, has been put on the “back burner” and will be made, hopefully, at a later date.

Our present project is a large hanging to be made up of 962 two and a half inch squares. Each square will be worked by members of the church family and other friends and will have a cross in some form stitched on it. Each square will be unique and designs will be worked in various ways e.g. cross stitch, embroidery, applique etc.

There is a definite design so each square has been numbered and colour coded and when completed will be stitched onto backing. The finished work will be mounted on a frame measuring 7'8" x 5'5" and will be hung in the church lounge.

Pam Frost   

 

Sunday 22 January 2012