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This week's Illustrators

Weekly/First impression images

7 July: Shepherd and flock, Edwin Remsberg/Alamy Stock Photo

14 July: Young dancing pair, Westend61 GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo

21 July: Under canvas, Karolina Krasuska/Alamy Stock Photo

28 July: Apples, Stu Mclellan

4 August; Own reflection, Doucefleur/istockphoto.com

11 August: Chess game, LightField Studios Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

18 August: Genie lamp, Cre8tive Studios/Alamy Stock Photo

25 August: Festival crowd_Greenbelt, Mark Kensett/greenbelt.org.uk

 

Adult & All Age only

Front cover image: Solomon at Gibeon 1 Kings3:9, Michelle Barnett

Back cover images

Glass of water by waterfall, ArtTim/istockphotos.com
Flowerhead and bee, eXpose/Shutterstock.com

 

Dementia-friendly church

Photo courtesy of Anna Chaplaincy

 

Bread and Wine: Celebrating Communion in Creation

Flowerhead and bee, eXpose/Shutterstock.com

 

Children & Youth only

Front cover image: Bible illustration 2 Samuel 11:1-15, Amy Lane

Back cover images

Glass of water by waterfall, ArtTim/istockphotos.com

Boy Reading Bible in Church, FangXiaNuo/istockphoto.com

 

Lessons in chemistry

Photo courtesy of Michale Harvey, God and the Great Big Bang

 

All who are thirsty

Glass of water by waterfall, ArtTim/istockphotos.com
Child drinks from bottle, allgord/istockphoto.com

 

Primary school leavers' resource

Tree of Life, Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford, UK © Mark Cazalet/Bridgeman Images
Boy Reading Bible in Church, FangXiaNuo/istockphoto.com

 

Whizz! Bang! Wow!

Female scientist cartoon, Arif_Vector/Shutterstock.com
Bible illustrations, Stu McLellan 

Share the Word images

7 July: Stu McLellan

14 July: Michelle Barnett

21 July: Geoff Hays

28 July: Amy Lane

4 August; Geoff Hays

11 August: Amy Lane

18 August: Michelle Barnett

25 August: Stu McLellan

 

Activity images

7 July: A home for the king activity image, PicZania, Shutterstock

14 July: Party bags activity, Roots team

21 July: Noisy v quiet activity, Roots team

28 July: Lollipop stick people activity, Roots team

4 August: Fairness in action activity, Roots team

11 August: Playing with consequences activity, Roots team

18 August: I receive activity for Under 5s, Roots team

25 August: Finding God in creation activity, Roots team

 

This week's Writers

Roots is a joint Churches’ initiative, supported by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland along with representatives from the Churches and church publishers throughout the UK and Ireland.

 

Writers for issue 132 were:

Diane Craven, Anglican reader & freelance education and spirituality consultant
Philippa Dand, Methodist children and families worker
Joel Denno, Anglican Licensed Lay Minister and freelance writer
Nick Harding, freelance children’s ministry and safeguarding trainer
Yvonne Hendrie, Church of Scotland minister
Alison Hulse, Methodist learning and development officer 
Barry Mason, YFC local director
Becky May, freelance writer
Chris Neilands, co-founder of ‘Play it by Ear’ drama company
Rachel Nicholls, Anglican priest
Darren Philip, freelance writer 
Mark Sturge, doctoral student and former Head of England at Christian Aid
Steve Taylor, Anglican priest
Gillian Warson, music in worship adviser
Cathy Westby, community and family worker
Caroline Wickens, Methodist minister
Ann Wren, Anglican deacon
Lindsay Wright