Children love stories – especially Bible stories when they’re interactive, engaging and fun.
Open the Book began in 1999 and since then thousands of school children have discovered Bible stories, during assembly and collective worship. Today, so many children could miss out on the great classic stories from the Bible – Noah, Daniel and the life of Jesus could be closed chapters if youngsters don’t get an opportunity to engage with the Bible.
That’s why Open the Book is so important. It’s a three-year rolling programme of themed and dramatised storytelling at no charge to primary schools. Teams of volunteers throughout the country use drama, mime, props, costume – and even the children and staff themselves – to present the Bible stories in lively and informative ways.
Open the Book volunteers are invited into thousands of primary schools – that’s amazing. There’s so much more we could do though – in England and Wales there are over 18,000 primary schools and Open the Book visits just over 10%.
In order to find more volunteers we have to promote the work through DVDs, flyers and sample handbooks, as well as personally meeting people at conferences, events and churches.
Along with promotion, there are training costs for new and existing teams, as well as telephone support, the website and newsletters. We have translated our materials and some of our promotional literature into Welsh but there is more that still needs to be translated.
If you can kindly make a donation, your money will go a long way to help us for fill our vision of enabling every child to hear the story of the Bible at school in their primary years.
If you are passionate about children hearing Bible stories and you want to ensure that it continues for future generations then please consider leaving Open the Book a legacy. Prayer support is also an important part of our work - please pray for our team, for the children and for the teachers that we interact with.
Open the Book needs your help to provide essential support to schools, churches and volunteer storytellers. There are still millions of primary school children who do not have the opportunity to encounter the Bible. Your valuable support will help us reach them all.
Please support Open the Book - thank you
For more information please see the website www.thebiblesociety/openthebook.com.
Or ask the Highbury church volunteers who are part of the Open the Book team who go into Oakwood School every week – Mary Michael, Jean Gregory and Elaine Schonbeck.
We would welcome new volunteers too!
