The Big Day Out is the 2019 event for the whole of the Wales Synod. It is taking place on Saturday 29th June at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd. Anyone can come and the best news of all is that it is FREE!
We hope this will be a great day for everyone from all the United Reformed Churches from across the Synod.
Use the tabs to find out more about the day, for details about getting there and how to book.
Register Online HEREFree coaches will be travelling to Llanelwedd from north, south, east and west. For details click the relevant tab below for your area. You can also travel to the Big Day Out by car – also see below.
The initial meeting place on the day will be the Old Food Hall. Refreshments will be on offer there from 10.15am; opening worship will start in the same venue at 11.00am.
A coach will depart from Rhos-on-Sea and travel via Rhyl, Holywell, Flint and Shotton.
Contact: Pete Fawcett – 01492 203091
rhoschurch.admin@talktalk.net
The Coach will depart from Mold and go via Buckley, Wrexham, Welshpool, Llanidloes and Rhayader.
Contact: Kathryn Price – 01244 547974
minister@alunvale.mail.com
A coach will depart from Newport (Stow Park) and travel directly to the showground.
Contact: Lyn Oelmann – 01633 483564
lynoelmann@icloud.com
A coach will depart from Newport (Stow Park) and travel via Cwmbran and Abergavenny.
Contact: Lyn Oelmann – 01633 483564
lynoelmann@icloud.com
A coach will depart from Barry and travel via Penarth, Cardiff City Centre and Canton
Contact: Eric Coleman – 01446 405309
e.coleman@ntlworld.com
A coach will depart from Nantgarw and travel via Treforest and Merthyr
Contact: Margaret Craig – 029 2086 7487
margaret_craig@hotmail.co.uk
The coach will depart from Trinity Church, Porthcawl and travel via Bridgend, Tondu and Maesteg
Contact: Teddy Kalongo – 01656 783017
teddykalongo2010@hotmail.co.uk
The coach will depart from Tiers Cross URC and travel via Kilgetty.
Contact Christine Phillips – 01437 891095
christine@treetops24.plus.com
The coach will depart from Sketty and travel via Manselton.
Contact Pat Davies – 01792 203693
pdaviesbarter@aol.com
If you prefer you can also travel to the Big Day Out by Car.
Cars should enter the showground at entrance C off the A470 where free parking will be available.
The address of the showground is –
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society,
Royal Welsh Showground,
Llanelwedd,
Builth Wells,
Powys,
LD2 3SY (for SatNav etc)
Some people have indicated that they would like to stay in the vicinity of Llanelwedd and maybe make a weekend of the Big Day Out.
There is plenty of accommodation available locally (see Stay in Wales), including caravan and camping possibilities (for example https://fforestfields.co.uk which is just 4 miles from the showground).
This year’s Big Day Out will take the form of a festival in a day, exploring aspects of what it means to be followers of Jesus in the twenty-first century.
There will be opportunities to explore a wide range of activities throughout the day into which people may dip as they wish. As well as the chance to participate in music, story-telling and craft, listen to talks and contribute to discussions, there will also be quiet space and the opportunity to meet friends old and new.
The day will conclude with Holy Communion in the main hall, commencing at 3pm.
Tea and coffee will available from 10.15am in Main Hall and the Montgomery Pavilion, and will continue to be available free of charge in both venues throughout the day, until 2.30pm.
All participants will need to bring their own packed lunch with them as there will be no facilities for purchasing food on the site.
Identify someone in your church to start gathering together the names of those who are planning on attending. Remember that tickets are free!
Registration can be completed in one of two ways:
1. Online (note that online bookings can be made by individuals, or by one designated person on behalf of an entire church party. One e-mail address can be entered for the entire party, or individual e-mail address for participants, as you wish).
2. Paper registration can be done using the registration form (please download and print as many as you need). When complete, please post or e-mail to Adrian Bulley, The United Reformed Church National Synod of Wales, Minster Road, Roath, Cardiff. CF23 5AS. e-mail: adrian.bulley.urcwales@urc.org.uk.
Download Registration Form (PDF)
Whether you register online or by post, please aim to complete registration by Tuesday 28th May.
Each church in the Synod has been given a large blank poster with instructions about how you might use that to represent how your church is Walking the Way. What has been helpful? What sustains your discipleship? How do you see the future? Please be creative in using the available space.
Don’t forget to arrange for someone from your church (or a neighbouring church in the unlikely event that no one’s going to be there from yours) to take your completed poster to the Big Day Out where they will all be displayed for people to view.
We are planning the Big Day Out to be an event for all the family.
For reasons of safeguarding, under 18s will remain the responsibility of the adults who bring them and will need to carry a signed consent form on their person at all times.