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worcester diocesan assembly 2008
 

Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July 2008

The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire

Programme

FRIDAY 
from 15.00 arrival and settling in - tea and biscuits available on the Terrace in the Main House
17.45 Welcome Eucharist - Derbyshire Suite
19.15 dinner in the Dining Rooms
20.15 young people's group - Orchard Hall - and children's group - Lakeside
20.30 Speakers introduce the Assembly theme - Derbyshire Suite
21.45young people and children's groups end
21.30 Bar open
22.00 Night Prayer - Chapel - with a devotional address from the Dean

SATURDAY
 
07.30 Morning Prayer - Chapel - with a scriptural reflection from Bishop David
08.15 Breakfast in the Dining Rooms
09.00 Family Prayers - Lakeside Foyer (until 9.15) Young people and children's groups carry on from this
09.30 Home Groups of about ten people in venues all over the conference centre
10.45 Young people and children's groups end
11.00 Coffee - Bar and Terrace
11.30 Assembly Eucharist - Derbyshire Suite
13.00 Lunch - in the Dining Rooms
14.00

Workshops in various venues

'Market Place' stalls and Displays - Main Conference Hall

15.30 Tea - Bar and Terrace
15.45 Young people and children's groups - Lakeside and Orchard Hall
16.00 Speakers respond to the home groups - Derbyshire Suite
17.00 Young people and children's groups end
17.15 Services of praise - Derbyshire Suite
18.15 Bar open
18.45 Dinner in the Dining Rooms
19.45 Young people and children's groups - Lakeside and Orchard Hall
20.00 Home groups in their various venues
21.30 Young people and children's groups end
21.30

Bar open and entertainment for all :-

Peter Atkinson - something a little different

Robin Sharples - music and tales

Andy Kind - comedian

23.00

Night Prayer - Chapel

with a devotional address from the Archdeacon of Dudley


SUNDAY
 
07.30

Morning Prayer - Chapel

with a scriptural reflection from Bishop John

08.15 Breakfast in the Dining Rooms
09.00

Family Prayers - Lakeside Foyer (until 9.15)

Young peope and children's groups carry on from this

09.30 Speakers' final reflections - Derbyshire Suite
11.00 coffee - Bar and Terrace
11.30 Home groups in their various venues
12.45young people and children's groups end
13.00 Lunch in the Dining Rooms
13.45 young people and children's groups - Lakeside and Orchard Hall
14.00 Question time with the Archbishop of York - Derbyshire Suite
15.15 Young people and children's groups end
15.30 Final Assembly Eucharist - Derbyshire Suite
16.30 Tea - Bar and Terrace - for those who wish before going home
   
 

An Art Exhibition around the Assembly themes will gradually build up in the Lakeside foyer - feel free to go and browse.

The Chapel is open and available as a place of quiet and prayer and there are three prayer focuses - the Word, the Eucharist and a Taize inspired space.



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