What is going to be
happening?
To try to give you
some idea of what we have in mind, I have worded this article in the form
of questions to try to convey something of our vision for what could
happen.
Many churches do a
similar thing each year to help build relationships across the Church
Family. A weekend allows more time than a Sunday to relax, enjoy meals,
worship, have fun, and focus together.
Why Scarborough?
[picture above]
There are plenty of things to do during Saturday
afternoon’s free time – go to the beach and harbour; go shopping; go
visit Robin Hood’s Bay; or the Sea Life Centre; or the Castle; or enjoy
the local coffee shops.
It’s not so much
the surroundings, but the opportunity to take time away that is key.
Hotels out of season are keen to welcome parties such as us.
What sort of
programme?
As we did in 2006, we would anticipate
providing a programme of worship and teaching for a variety of age groups
and invite some people to help us with this:
We welcome a local team
to help with youth and children’s activities. There are rooms that would
be available for a youth programme and similarly the children’s work.
Friday night will have to be flexible
- there will be an introductory session – but on Saturday morning, after breakfast, we would
hope to plan two sessions of worship, teaching and perhaps workshops
separated by coffee time.
We would have lunch
together followed by some free time in the afternoon for people to relax
and enjoy the beach and town etc.
Tea would be served
at the end of the afternoon as people arrive back from their activities.
Saturday evening will
include a Banquet, home made
entertainment and then an act of worship to conclude the evening.
Sunday morning, after
breakfast we would anticipate a teaching session followed by communion all
together.
After Sunday lunch we
clear up and head home.
This is a rough
outline of what we anticipate happening, although some details may
vary. The idea is to put on a programme that provides opportunity for
friendship and fellowship to grow, to worship together – to have fun and
relax.
Please pick up a
registration form now and return it to Charlie or Krista as we'd like to
give numbers to the hotel as quickly as we can. We're also offering
a savings scheme so that you can spread the payments for the weekend over
a number of months
Charlie and Krista
Millet [Church Weekend Coordinators]
