New 'peace pole' installed outside Horsham church
A ‘peace pole’ has been installed outside a Horsham church.
The pole – on the front lawn of Horsham’s Unitarian Church opposite Horsham bus station – bears in several languages the words ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth.’
The new Unitarian Pole, made of UPVC, is only one example of an international movement which has seen an estimated 200,000 such poles installed by worship centres, faith groups, communities and others across the world.
Horsham Unitarian Church chairman Patrick Wynne-Jones said: “This is not the only such installation in Horsham. A similar pole exists in our Denne Road Cemetery but is seldom seen.
"We hope that the prominence of our location will bring the message to a wider audience – literally stressing from Pole to Pole the world’s desperate need for
peace-making.”
The pole has been made and distributed by Scotland’s Allanton Peace Sanctuary.