Feast of Tabernacles 2025: Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales.
UCG British Isles is returning to the Victorian resort of Llandudno in North Wales.
Dates: The opening night service is on the evening of Monday 6th October and the final service will be in the afternoon of Tuesday 14th October 2025.
Location of Services: The Wedgwood Suite of the St George’s Hotel, The Promenade, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales. LL30 2LG. The hotel is situated on the picturesque seafront and provides excellent facilities for both services and social events. The schedule of services is printed in the Welcome Brochure, and a copy can be accessed below.
Informal events: A Welcome Get-together will we held in the hotel’s Menai Suite on the evening of Tuesday 7th October; a Farewell Get-together will be held on the evening of Tuesday 14th October, also in the Menai Suite. A Hymn Singalong will take place on the evening of Friday 10th October in the Wedgwood Suite.
Colwyn Male Voice Choir: The final performance of the season will take place on Tuesday evening 7th October in the nearby St John’s Church hall, a few minutes’ walk from the St George’s Hotel.
Car parking: There is a multi-storey car park at the Victoria Centre shopping mall, just a few minutes’ walk from the hotel. On-street parking along the Promenade adjacent to the hotel, and elsewhere, is available; please remember to pay for your stay at the machines.
Check in and out times in the St George’s Hotel: Check in is from 3:00 pm. Check out by 11:00 am.
Booking dinner in the St George’s Hotel: Those staying residentially in the Feast hotel are advised to make any reservations for dinner in the hotel as early after arrival as possible.
Registration and Identity badges: On arrival in Llandudno, please come along to the Feast Information Desk in the Wedgwood Suite to register your attendance. The desk should be up and running during the afternoon of Monday 6th October. Also, please remember to collect your identity badges from the Feast Information Desk. These badges are to be worn at all times during all Church activities in the hotel.
Mother’s Room: The Cadw Room, which is immediately adjacent to the entrance to the Wedgwood Suite, where services will be held, will be available during services.
Toilets/restrooms: Situated at the end of the main hotel corridor. Please remember that the hotel is open to the public and do not let children wander about the building unaccompanied.
Etiquette for services: Consider these guidelines, based on biblical principles of courtesy and respect:
Be on time: While a few brethren will occasionally be late for the Church services, regularly coming late to services without a legitimate reason shows a lack of respect for both God and the membership. Please do your best to be on time each day.
Hymns: Singing praises to God is the actual beginning of our services honouring God.
Mobile/cell phones: Should be turned off or put on vibrate during Church services. If it is necessary to answer a call during services, you should do so outside the meeting hall so as not to disturb others around you.
Computer/Video Games: Whether to allow any video games at services is a parental choice. However, many are not quiet and can be distracting. If a child is old enough to play a video game, he or she is likely old enough to learn from the service, with no need for entertainment from phones or video devices.
Clothing: What kind of clothing is appropriate for Church services? We should come before God wearing our best. Our attire should be modest and such that it shows the proper respect for worshipping before God.
Fragrance allergies: Due to an increasing number of people with sensitivities and allergies to fragrances, we are requesting brethren to avoid wearing perfumes, after-shaves, scented hair spray, etc, to services and indoor activities.
Sickness: Members who might experience any contageous illness during the Feast are askied not to attend services until they recover. The services will be available on Zoom. Please contact the Feast Information Desk regarding anointing.
Applause for special music: The United Church of God requests that its members do not applaud for sermonettes, sermons or special music during the Feast. One exception to this request continues to be the performance of the children’s choir. While special music is being performed, entering or exiting seating should be limited to necessary movement. Please respect those presenting the music.
Announcements: Anyone needing to have an activity announced may collect announcement forms from the Feast Information Desk. Please hand them in to an announcement coordinator at the desk at least 15 minutes before the start of the service. Please keep announcements brief, succinct and relevant.
Children’s activity books: We are planning to have Festival workbooks, activity sheets or colouring books of some sort for younger children. These will be available from the Feast Information Desk at registration.
Children’s Sabbath lesson: Parents, please listen for an announcement regarding a special Sabbath lesson for younger children.
Children’s activity: At Bonkerz fun centre, a children’s soft play centre, on the afternoon of Wednesday 8th October for children of ages up to 12. Please meet at 1:40 pm in the hotel lounge near the reception desk, ahead of a 10-minute walk to the venue. Parents, for further information please contact James Tonks.
Activities for older children and teens: Please listen for announcements regarding supervised activities away from the Feast hotel.
Getting together: With several Feast attendees being on their own during the Feast, please listen for announcements encouraging families and groups to invite someone who is on their own to join them for a meal or an activity. The Feast information desk will work to coordinate joining those inviting with those being invited.
Feast greetings cards: Please listen for announcements regarding signing greating cards to be sent to members at home unable to attend the Feast. These cards need to be signed to be mailed before the Feast ends.
Lost and Found: Ushers will leave any items they find at the Feast Information Desk. If you think you may have lost an item, or if you’ve found an item, please check there. You could also ask at the hotel’s Reception desk.
Safety: St George’s Hotel has staff on duty at all times. Ushers will also be aware of emergency procedures. In case of an emergency, please follow their instructions. Please also listen to any safety announcements, including what to do in response to the fire alarm.
Unless you have a designated responsibility, please try not to arrive for services more than 30 minutes before the scheduled start time. This allows some quiet time for special music rehearsals and sound checks. Children must be supervised at all times. Remember that the hotel is a public building.
Feast schedule: For personal planning purposes, here is the current Feast schedule:
Places of Interest: Here is a list of places of interest in Llandudno and the surrounding area:
Contact: please email feast@ucg.org.uk for further information relating to the Feast of Tabernacles this year.
Donations, payments, Holy Day offerings
Personal cheques or traveller’s cheques in pounds sterling should be made payable to “United Church of God.” We respectfully request all cash donations made to the Church, including Holy Day offerings, to only be in UK pounds sterling.
The United Church of God has been inviting its members and supporters in the British Isles to make their Holy Day offerings directly to the Church, ideally by direct bank transfer. We would like to request that members attending the Feast of Tabernacles in Llandudno this year continue to do this. However, as this may not be practical for everyone, and especially for visitors from overseas, offerings will also be taken up on the two Holy Days in the usual way.
Offering envelopes will be available at the Information Desk. Please print clearly on the envelope the date and amount. If you require a receipt, or if you are a British taxpayer and would like your offering to count towards the Gift Aid scheme, it is essential that you also write your name and address on the envelope. To assist with accounting, an offering for the First Day should be labelled HD6, and an offering for the Eighth Day labelled HD7.
For Internet banking via UK banks, the Church’s bank details are:
HSBC
Sort code 40-17-69
Account number 71410865
For donations and offerings sent via overseas banks, this takes the form of an international wire transfer, where the Church, as recipient, is classed as “business”. The account details are:
HSBC
Branch address, 9 Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2PT, England
Account name, United Church of God – British Isles
BIC8 or SWIFT BIC HBUKGB4B
BIC11 HBUKGB4125E
IBAN GB11HBUK40176971410865
Chronicling the activities of Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry, the book of John points out that when the “Feast of Tabernacles was at hand,” Jesus Himself “went up to the feast” and taught at the Temple in Jerusalem. This was done in observance of the final of three annual Festival seasons that are outlined in the Bible, particularly in the book of Leviticus. These three seasons, the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Pentecost and the Autumn Festival season, were all observed by Jesus and the first-century Church. The latter season is capped by the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles and the Eighth Day. (Leviticus 23:33-36).
Click booklet on the left for more details of the Church Festivals and Feasts
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