Running your own Quiet Day
Below you will find some information to help you explore the possibility of running your own Quiet Day.
If you would like to discuss this with others in your church, why not download a PDF version of this guide to running your own Quiet Day.
Planning
- Decide who you are going to invite - Own church members, women's groups, other local churches.
- Date, time and venue - Date: spring, summer, autumn, is weather a
factor?; Time: clashes with other events; Venue: easy to get to and from for
people attending, does it have one main room and a few other
rooms which people can use to spread out for times of quiet?
- Book the speaker with BRF - Have a look at our current Quiet Day
programme and have a think about who you might like to be your speaker;
contact Claire Proudman to check availability and be put in contact with the
speaker.
- Cost - A speaker from BRF will cost between £150 to £250, plus travel expenses; calculate a budget for the lunches.
- Advertising your Quiet Day - Contact Claire Proudman to advertise it on the BRF
website or for help making fliers; put in your church newsletter;
send fliers to local churches; always include information on the
date, time, speaker, venue and cost of the day.
- Catering - Decide
how you wish to cater for the lunch, and the tea and coffee breaks during the
day; look around for a reasonable quote from local caterers - about £5 per
person is a good price to go by; get in a team of helpers to buy in the lunch
from a supermarket and put together fresh on the day - don't leave it just up
to you, as you may well be too busy to organise it on the day itself.
- Contacting guests - One week before the day itself, contact guests with a map to the venue and
programme for the day.
On the day
- Set-up - Organise any handouts and programmes into folders so loose
pieces of paper are not flying around; make name badges or labels for
all people attending; contact Claire Proudman to arrange for a BRF bookstall and
float to be sent.
- Welcome - Take the time to greet people, especially people who are unlikely to know others; serve tea and coffee.
- Speaker - Introduce the speaker, and lead some or all of the worship, if the speaker wishes.
- Break time - Ensure that the catering is ready to go for lunch time;
serve tea and coffee; cover the bookstall in case people want to buy
anything.
- Prayer team - You might want to have a team of people available to pray
with those attending, should they wish, during the times of quiet.
- Closing worship - The speaker may want you to lead closing worship - ten or 15 minutes is a good average to aim for.
- Return books and float to BRF - Contact Claire Proudman and arrange for a courier to pick up any books left over at your convenience.
Any other questions? Contact us.
