Feast of Tabernacles 2024: Southport, Merseyside.
Location and venue: The Feast of Tabernacles in 2024 will once again be held in the seaside town of Southport in the north-west of England. All services and social functions will be held in The Prince of Wales Hotel, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1JS.
Dates: The opening night service will be on the evening of Wednesday 16 October and the final service will be in the afternoon of Thursday 24 October 2024.
Registration: An online registration page is located at: https://www.feastsouthport2024.com/. Registration for the 2024 Feast in Southport opens on Sunday 3rd March.
Members are requested to complete the registration form online. Once a fully completed registration form is received, the Feast planning team will respond to the lead contact that their registration is approved and that they are free to arrange their travel and accommodation. The planning team will also advise the procedure, agreed with The Prince of Wales Hotel, to be followed for booking accommodation in that hotel.
Identity badges: On arrival please remember to collect your identity badges from the Feast information desk in the hotel. These badges are to be worn at all times during all Church activities in the hotel.
Accommodation in the Feast Hotel: A package including dinner, bed and breakfast has been arranged with The Prince of Wales Hotel. Booking arrangements with the hotel will be made available once members have a confirmed registration for the 2024 Feast. The details of the accommodation package in The Prince of Wales Hotel are:
- £70.00 Single room Dinner, Bed and Breakfast per night.
- £106.00 Double/Twin room Dinner, Bed and Breakfast per night.
- £159.00 Triple room Dinner, Bed and Breakfast per night.
- £15 per night for children between 3-12 years, children under 3 free of charge.
Other accommodation in Southport: for information on other accommodation, members are directed to: https://www.visitsouthport.com/
Check in and out times in The Prince of Wales Hotel: Check in Daily From 3:00 pm; Check out Monday to Friday 10:00 am, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am.
Meal times in The Prince of Wales Hotel: Breakfast Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 9:30 am; breakfast Saturday/Sunday, 8:00 to 10:00 am; dinner daily 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Meals are buffet-style. Also, The Prince of Wales Hotel offers Sunday lunch 12:30 to 2:30 pm, which members are welcome to make use of, although it is not included in their dinner, bed and breakfast booking with the hotel.
Parking at The Prince of Wales Hotel: car parking spaces are available at the hotel. Please note that guests using the hotel must pay for parking in the hotel car park, at £6.00 per day for hotel guests. Pay the hotel on check-in for the duration of your stay, and register your vehicle at the hotel’s reception desk. This arrangement is in accordance with local council policies.
WiFi in The Prince of Wales Hotel: Free in public areas; unlimited access in bedrooms for £7 per 24 hours per device.
Mother’s Room: Hotel bedroom G6, which is along the corridor immediately next to the entrance to the Ballroom, where services will be held, will be available throughout the period of the Feast.
Ironing facilities: The Prince of Wales Hotel‘s bedrooms are not equipped with irons or ironing boards. However, there is an ironing room on the second floor at the Hotel
Contact: Please email feast@ucg.org.uk for further information.
Tourist Maps
https://www.visitsouthport.com/visitor-information/maps-guides/southport-town-map/
Places of Interest
Liverpool City Centre: Trains from Southport to Liverpool Central Station take about 45 minutes and cost £8.00 for an adult Anytime Day Return ticket. Trains run approximately every half hour. A short walk from Central Station is the Liverpool One shopping centre, the “Three Graces” (The Cunard Building, The Royal Liver Building, and the Port of Liverpool Building), and the Albert Dock from where assorted hop on/hop off city tour buses leave. Also at the Albert Dock is the Tate art gallery, and the Maritime Museum (including the International Slavery Museum on its third floor). Close by is the Beatles Museum, and further away are two Cathedrals, the Walker Art Gallery, and the World Museum. We understand a number of these have no entry fee but do check, as those which do charge appear not to be cheap.
Rufford Old Hall is a fine Tudor building about 15 miles from Southport. It is open between 11:00 am and 4:30 pm Friday to Tuesday (closed Wednesday and Thursday). Bus no. 347 from Southport will take you there in 30 mins, cost £2-3; https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/liverpool-lancashire/rufford-old-hall
Martin Mere Wetland Centre (open daily); https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/martin-mere/
Knowsley Safari Park (open daily); https://www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk/
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 Southport 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.
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, 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
All About the Feast of Tabernacles
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
United Church of God – British Isles
PO Box 705, Watford, WD19 6FZ, United Kingdom
Tel: 020 8386 8467 Fax: 020 8386 1999
Email: info@ucg.org.uk