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  2. British entrepreneur, philanthropist and Christian. Sir John Laing CBE (24 September 1879 – 11 January 1978) “Sir John Laing was a remarkable man, who, from small beginnings in Carlisle, turned a small family firm into a building and civil engineering concern of international proportions.

  3. Sir John Laing CBE was a British entrepreneur, philanthropist and Christian. He inherited his father’s building business – which is now known as John Laing Group – in the early 1900s and, under his leadership, the firm became a national enterprise.

  4. In 1987 he became Organist and Choirmaster of St. Jude’s Anglican Church, Oakville, where he developed a high-quality music programme and founded the much-loved Celebration of the Arts concert series, now in its twenty-third season; he continued there until 2005.

    • Preparation and Materials
    • Assembly
    • Time For Reflection
    You will need a leader and three students to play the servants in the parable of the pounds. Rehearse what they are to say. You can either use the text of Luke 19.11-27 as the script or, preferably...
    Read the biography of Sir John Laing on Request's website (at: http://tinyurl.com/orn3vzj).
    Print out The Sunday Times' ‘Rich List’.
    Inform the class teachers about the moneymaking challenge that will be set during the assembly. Depending on the health of school funds, assign to each class a sum of money, such as £5 or £10. The...
    Begin by showing the students The Sunday Times' 'Rich List' of Britain's most wealthy individuals. Inform them that, while many of these people inherited their wealth, many others began life with v...
    Tell the students that Jesus once told a story about making money. It can be found in Luke's Gospel, chapter 19, and is usually called the parable of the pounds. It features a master and his three...
    Perform the parable.
    Following the performance, say that the parable is about more than just making money. Jesus told it to encourage his followers to use the gifts and talents God had given them to help spread the Chr...

    Prayer Dear God, We thank you for everything that we have. Please bless all our moneymaking schemes so that we can use the money raised to help people who have much less than ourselves. Amen.

  5. Sir John was a devout Christian and member of the Brethren Movement; his Christian faith was the motivation for the Company’s pioneering concern for the welfare of its staff and the establishment of the first of his grant-making trusts, the J W Laing Trust, which is now administered by the Stewards Company in Bath.

  6. Charity details for JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST - Charity 236852

  7. Sir John William Laing CBE (24 September 1879 – 11 January 1978) was a British entrepreneur in the construction industry. He inherited his father's building business – which is now known as John Laing Group – in the early 1900s.

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