There was one sculpture which from the beginning was marked as "Not for Sale". This is a stone and metal piece depicting the Last Supper, carved by Charles Fundisi who was born in 1969 and worked as a plumber before taking up sculpture. It's a unique piece and Christ Church decided before the exhibition opened that this was a piece which we would buy for the church where we will in due course have it on permanent display.
As I write this tonight it is Maundy Thursday, the eve of Good Friday. It is a date rich with associations, as the last supper which Jesus and his disciples ate together was the celebration of the Jewish Passover feast. So when Christ Church in Marlow met tonight to share a meal and to celebrate communion together, we were linked by 3,000 years of history, stretching from the slavery of the Jews in Egypt, through Jesus' last meal with his followers, to the present time. Just as we are linked over several thousand miles to our friends in Zimbabwe.
This is the last posting in this blog, and it is good to end it with the pictures of Charles' work and with these words from Corinthians that are the account of that Last Supper: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you.'... In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood.' ... As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes."
And so, with deep thanks to ArtPeace in Harare, Amen.
