Announcing our new all age service starting in May…This will be an informal service which will include Boys and Girls Brigade parading of banners and an all-age talk. It will also be a communion service where anyone who wishes to, can come to receive the bread and wine.We will have a range of well-known hymns and, after the service, we are planning refreshments including sausage and bacon butties! Each service will explore a different theme and we will start with these three…5th May Following Jesus, as we remember his first disciples2nd June Caring for Creation on World Environment Day7th July Faith & doubt, as we remember Doubting ThomasRevd Canon Nick Davies MA, MTh (Fr Nick)Vicar of Tewkesbury with Walton Cardiff & Twyning
Tickets are available and can be found here: https://www.rosestheatre.org/events/gaiaMeasuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface*. The artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet on this scale, floating in three-dimensions.The installation creates a sense of the Overview Effect, which was first described by author Frank White in 1987. Common features of the experience for astronauts are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.The artwork is 1.8 million times smaller than the real Earth with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture describing 18km of the Earth’s surface. By standing 211m away from the artwork, the public will be able to see the Earth as it appears from the moon.A specially made surround sound composition by BAFTA award winning Composer Dan Jones is played alongside the sculpture. In Greek Mythology Gaia is the personification of the Earth.Gaia has been created in partnership with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Bluedot and the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres.*The imagery for the artwork has been compiled from Visible Earth series, NASA.“We’re really excited to be hosting Gaia. We live on a fragile planet facing a climate emergency. I hope that this event will give tens of thousands of people the opportunity to wonder at the beauty of the Earth. Floating in the Abbey this globe offers us a new perspective on our planet and might help us to see it as a sacred place.”Revd Canon Nick Davies, Vicar of Tewkesbury
