| Fourth plinth |
 Fourth plinth – what would you do? Leading British artist Antony Gormley’s latest ‘work’ ‘One & Other’ has been running on the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square since July. He invited 2,400 members of the public to participate in the creation of a unique living monument. They have shown a variety of skills and talents in their hour-long slots – some more ‘creative’ than others!
Church Army Evangelist Alison Wooding used her time on the plinth to hold a prayer vigil in the wee small hours of Sunday 2 August. Between 2am and 3am Alison prayed for fellow evangelists, friends and family members, whilst also publicising Church Army’s ‘Life to the Full’ campaign, and new interactive website Make Jesus Famous http://www.makejesusfamous.org.uk/. Alison Wooding writes: “What Jesus means to me: Jesus is my friend, my brother, my role model, my life, my light, my teacher, my goal”. A few hours after her stint on the plinth, Alison was interviewed by BBC Radio Sheffield (Sunday Breakfast) where she described the sensation that only minutes had passed, rather than a whole hour. Alison stressed that she was promoting the need for us all to sit still and just “be with God”, and it was remarkable how the noise – and occasional heckling – died right down, halfway into her prayer time. One heckler repeatedly called out to her to “do something”, to which Alison said on Radio Sheffield “I thought to myself, ‘Thank God I’m not doing anything!’” To see a film about Alison’s work on the Manor Estate in Sheffield go to http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ pub/MeetOurPeople/AlisonWooding.asp. |
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