Via Beata Sculpture - All Saints - Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire - Musical Instruments on Waymarking.com

An in the south porch door of All Saints' church, Leamington Hastings, containing various musical instruments - (Violin, organ, bass, recorders). This waystation is part of the Via Beata.

A plaque nearby tells us -
"For many centuries, God’s wonderful gift of music has played an important role in the lives of his people.

In his letter to the church in Ephesus, St. Paul encourages the believers to use music, poetry and song to bless each
other, and to worship God.

This art-work is based upon those words. (See Ephesians chapter 5 v 19 - 20). It was made largely by the trainee sculptors of the Via Beata team in Norfolk. The Painting of the figures has been done by young people from the “Intents” youth camp in Norfolk over the Pentecost holiday 2018."

"What is the Via Beata Project?

As this new millennium has unfolded, we have felt that God has been calling us to establish a major trail of Christian art-works that will communicate His love for people, and for the U.K. Gradually it has become clear that we should establish a sort of pilgrimage route across the U.K. from East to West at its widest point.

It was only when we came to set out this line from Lowestoft to St. David’s, that we discovered that it came right through our property here at Rowancroft, Banham, Norfolk. Consequently the first way-station was set up here in the Summer of 2009 and we have worked outwards to the East and to the West with the initial aim of establishing a way-station every ten miles or so and linking them with existing footpaths and rights-of-way.

The name ‘Via Beata’ means ‘a way of blessing’. As this project has developed, we have been constantly surprised by the ways in which this blessing has touched individuals, churches, groups and events. This has been far beyond our early expectations. Our initial thought was that we would be commissioning artists to create pieces to place along the route, but increasingly we are working with churches, group projects and Christian events to make them.

As we look to the future, we are confident that the blessing will continue and increase. Our prayer is that it will touch more and more people, communities and churches, and ultimately will be a blessing for our nation."

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