Woolly Weekend at Shepherd’s Cross

About this event

Annual Summer "Make Over" or Haircut for the Sheep & An Authentic Sheep-to-Shawl Event Did you know that sheep must be shorn every year? Sheep grow a nice long winter coat, and in preparation for the heat of the summer, the shepherd lovingly and laboriously gives them a shearing - a haircut. They would suffer heat prostration amongst other ailments if they were not shorn each year. In giving the sheep a shearing, the shepherd demonstrates his love for the sheep. Did you know that sheep can be shorn standing or sitting? We shear our sheep "sitting." Sheep naturally relax when in the sitting position. This is the way sheep are shorn all over the world, and throughout history. This reminds us of our Lord Jesus, in the reference from Isaiah 53, "Like a sheep before the shearers is silent, so the Lord went to the cross on our behalf." ​