Tour To Places of Worship

Year 8

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THE TRIP

This year, 2003,  the places of worship trip will take place on 

March 17th for 8A, 8J and 8H

March 19th for 8M, 8S and 8T

You will need to bring:-
a camera, 
a clipboard, 
pen and pencil,  (you will have a detailed worksheet for the day), 
packed lunch or money for MacDonalds, 
a hat or head scarf (essential)
a small bag to carry stuff in but nothing too big please

You will wear:-
School uniform as neatly as imaginable.  (Please do not be tempted to wear trainers you will simply be dealt with!!!) IF IT IS WARM YOU MAY LEAVE YOUR FLEECE OR JUMPER AT HOME.

Please use the following link to down load the permission slip and return it with the money to your teacher by the next lesson before Friday 14th March.

 

A glimpse from the past...

Last year in 2002  during the week of April 22nd, all of our Year 8 students visited places of worship in Hong Kong as part of their studies of worship. We visited

The Hindu Temple on Wong Nei Cheung Road,  Happy Valley

The Sikh Gurdwara on the corner of Stubbs Road and Queen's Road East.

The Christian Church, St John's Cathedralon Garden Road in Central

Ohel Leah Synagogue on Robinson Road, Mid Levels.

As always the students were welcomed and had some first hand experienced of being with people as they worshipped. This is a very important part of being part of a Multi Faith Community and as such an integral part of our scheme of work.  The students use their work from the day to produde posters and/or leaflets giving essential details about places of worhsip in Hong Kong.  Our only sadness is that we cannot  fit in all places of worship in one day and we are trying to find a way to manage a visit to the Kowloon Mosque in Tsim Sha Tsui or the old Mosque in Mid Levels.

Some photos from this trip:-

Please click on them to enlarge

These pictures are from the OHEL LEAH SYNAGOGUE

 

 The synagogue is the main Orthodox Synagogue in Hong Kong

This is the Menorah

The Ner Tamid is an eternal light representing the presence of G-d

This is a detail fromt he Parochet, the curtain in front of the Ark of the Covenant
   

 

  

A Lectern shaped like an Eagle is where the Bible is read to the people

Some Symbols from St John's Cathedral which is the Main Anglican Church in Hong Kong

This is a Cross that is used in ceremonial processions

The Bishop's Chair

The bishop's symbol is a shepherd's crook, showing that he is the leader of his people

It is this chair that make's St. John's a Cathedral

This is a side window that shows the birth and ascension of Jesus

St. John's Cathedral has some fine Stained Glass windows.

Stained Glass windows used to tell stories about Jesus for those who could not read in the past.

This is the main east window showing the Crucifixion

 

 

  

The Hindu Temple
 

This Shrine is dedicated to Julailal, A Sindi Deity who is a form of Brahma

The central shrine is dedicated to Vishnu and Lakshmi

This is dedicated to Shiva Parvati, you can also see the bull Nandi
These three pictures show the main shrines in the temple as you enter

 

 
The Sikh Gurdwara Gurdwara means House of the Guru Granth Sahib

 

This shows the instruments being played for us

The Head Granthi waves a Chauri over the Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book

These three members of the Khalsa are the leaders of the Temple



 

The leaders of the Khalsa
We were given a superb example of singing in the form of a Bhajan (hymn) from the Guru Granth Sahi

This picture shows the students receiving Karah Prashad which is a sacred food

We also received gifts of food, drinks and booksb