The Commemoration will extend over two days: Saturday 3rd May and Sunday 4th May. The principal events will be in the fine medieval Cathedral, formerly Brecon Priory.
Saturday 3rd May 2.30pm
Thomas Coke: Looking Back - Looking Forward The lead speaker will be the Reverend the Lord Leslie Griffiths of Burry Port. The celebration will be followed by tea provided by Pilgrims, the Cathedral Tea Room
Sunday 4th May 11.00 am
Ecumenical Eucharist
led by the Dean of Brecon, the Very Revd Geoffrey Marshall. The preacher will be Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Also there will be an exhibition in the Brecknock Museum, a civic reception in the Guildhall and a Thomas Coke Town Trail.
he Thomas Coke Commemorative weekend is supported by, among others, Brecon Cathedral, The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon (through the programme ‘Gathering, Growing, Going’), Methodist Heritage, The Wales Synod of the Methodist Church, The Wesley Historical Society in Wales and The Brecknock Society & Museum Friends
For more information please contact Brecon Cathedral Office: Tel: 01874 623857
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A booklet with full details of the programme will be available from an information desk in St Mary’s Church in the Bulwark between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm on Friday 2nd May and 9.00 am and 12.00 noon on Saturday 3rd May.
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May 3rd 2014 sees the 200th Anniversary of the death en route to missionary work in South Asia of the Revd Dr Thomas Coke. The occasion will be marked by a special programme of events in his birth place of Brecon in Powys, proudly hosted by Brecon Cathedral.
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Date and Times
03-May-2014 04-May-2014
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