Sample programme
The programme for the 2011 Shechem Weekend looked something like this. This should serve to give you an idea of some of the activities that we enjoy together at our annual get togethers. Our programme will look a bit different, with more smaller meetings (based loosely on the monastic prayer cycle), as we will not be having a guest speaker.
| Friday | Evening | Short gathering to commit weekend to God |
| Saturday | Morning | Tent decoration and preparations |
| 13:00-14:30 | Bring & Share lunch + icebreaker activity | |
| Afternoon | Free time | |
| 16:45-17:30 | Welcome, introduction and all age worship | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:45-21:15 19:30-21:15 | Worship and teaching Young People's activity (in previous years, these have included pizza, pudding, games, etc.) | |
| Sunday | 08:00-09:00 | Big breakfast in marquee |
| 10:00-11:30 | Worship, teaching and activity sessions Young People's activities | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| Afternoon | Physical exercise (all-age sports?) plus optional activities | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Shechem AGM | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:45-21:15 | Worship, teaching and ministry Young People's activities | |
| Monday | 10:00-11:15 | Worship and teaching Young People's activities |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee | |
| 11:45-13:00 | Show-n-tell, communion and blessing | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| Afternoon | Optional activities plus prayer walk | |
| 18:00-19:00 | BBQ | |
| Evening | A final night of fun - a barn dance, and some entertainment including 'Sing-a-long with Hammad' (We have done special activities for this final night such as a talent show, bizarre sketches, barn dances, etc in previous years.) |
Activities on offer in 2011 included cake making, Taizé worship, pottery decoration, self-defence, a prayer walk, open informal (musical) worship, Godly play, a juggling workshop and rhythmic communal singing from South Africa! These activities are run by members of the community. If you have any particular skill, knowledge or enthusiasm that you'd like to share (particuarly that others in the community might enjoy too), please do!