Kite flying in Bermuda: How 'Thy Kingdom Come' took to the air on an island
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article39625
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2016 September
- Issue
- 142
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- "Each Good Friday in Bermuda the tradition is kite flying. The kites are often in the shape of a cross as a reminder. This year the kite strings took on a special meaning as many were made into prayer wristbands, with extra knots added in as a prompt to pray for different people". When Bishop Nicholas Dill read about the Church of England Archbishops' call to prayer ('Thy Kingdom Come') he decided to participate as well. "'It was small beginnings, I invited all the churches to be holding different prayer events and about half took that up, some churches did something every day and at the cathedral they had prayer every lunch hour'. On the Wednesday before Pentecost, Bishop Nick set out with a small group from the diocese on a prayer walk from one end of the island to the other, trekking 26 miles and visiting the island's 17 worship centres".
- Subjects
- Prayer - Anglican Communion. Diocese of Bermuda
- Thy Kingdom Come (2016)
- Kites - Bermuda
- Kites - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Dill, Nicholas, 1963-
- Walking - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion. Diocese of Bermuda