24 September 2012
Delivering the Big Jubilee Thank
You (download high res picture):
Christopher Sandamas (Chief Clerk, Buckingham Palace, left)
receives the Thank You's from Roy Crowne (Executive Director of
HOPE Together), the Revd Ian Bunce (Head of the Mission Department
for the Baptist Union of Great Britain), and Dr Rachel Jordan (the
Church of England's National Worship and Evangelism
Adviser)
A letter thanking Her Majesty The Queen for 60 years of service
has been delivered to Buckingham Palace today. The Big Jubilee
Thank You, coordinated by the Church of England and HOPE
Together, was signed by the public in churches and cathedrals
throughout the year and contains thousands of signatures from all
over the country.
Letters of thanks (download high res picture above) were first
signed by bishops, vicars and pastors, before being made publicly
available in churches for the public to add their own comments and
signatures. They have been pouring into Church House in London for
several months, some dioceses and churches choosing to use the Big
Jubilee Thank You downloads available from the Church of England
website, others choosing to create their own ways of saying thank
you.
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• The Dioceses of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, York,
Chichester, Birmingham, Blackburn, Carlisle, Leicester and Truro
were among those saying thank you to The Queen via large packs of
pages utilising the 'official' Big Jubilee Thank You downloads (download high res picture).
• Durham Cathedral and the Diocese of Europe chose to
present signatures of thanks in beautifully bound books (download high res picture).
• Ellie Davidson from Brighstone Church of England Primary
School on the Isle of Wight won a competition to design a striking
cover for the Diocese of Portsmouth's thank you letter (download high res picture).
• Hornchurch Methodist Church was one of many churches
choosing to illustrate its thank you's with pictures from its Big
Jubilee Lunch event (download high res picture).
• The parish of Great Horton St John's in the Diocese of
Bradford, and the parish of Ottershaw in Guildford Diocese,
designed particularly striking covers for their letters (download picture one and picture two).
• The people and churches of Foulsham, Guestwick, Stibbard,
Themelthorpe and Wood Norton in the Diocese of Norwich designed
their own thank you card, with crowns by the children and adults of
Wood Norton Messy Church (download high res picture).
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• A child from the parish of Earsham in Norwich
Diocese contributed a poem to her thank you: "Much experience you
have gained, 60 years you have reigned, You wear a lovely gown, You
wear a Shining Crown, You Sit on a Golden Chair, Which Makes Me
Look and Stare, I wish I was just like you, I wish I could meet you
too."
• Comments from adults included: "You have
been the one person we can all depend upon. May you enjoy many more
years on the throne"; "Thank you for a wonderful 60 years of
dedication and loyal service"; "When even my children in their 20s
are staunch royalists, I realise what an amazing job you have done
throughout your reign."
• Comments from children included: "Thank
you for keeping the country safe and for lots of other things. PS I
really like your hats : )"; "Queen Elizabeth is great! Uniting the
country. Everyone adores you. Nation celebrating loads!"; "Dear
Queen, I hope Prince Phillip is feeling better now."
There were hundreds of contributions to the Big Jubilee Thank
You from Church of England, Baptist, Methodist, ELIM,
Catholic and independent churches; Churches Together from
around the country; Boys' and Girls' Brigades; church schools and
academies; Guides and Brownies; Cubs and Scouts; and Mothers'
Unions.
Compiled together into one huge Big Jubilee Thank You, the
contributions were delivered to Buckingham Palace by Dr Rachel
Jordan, the Church of England's National Worship and Evangelism
Adviser; Roy Crowne, the Executive Director of HOPE Together; and
the Revd Ian Bunce, Head of the Mission Department for the Baptist
Union of Great Britain.
Notes
Pictures of the delivery of The Big Jubilee Thank You are available here.
Pictures of some of the contributions to The Big Jubilee Thank
You are available here.