Lincolnshire Festival of Chaplaincy March 2025
You are invited to the first Lincolnshire Festival of Chaplaincy to be held at Lincoln Cathedral on the 21st to 23rd of March 2025. It will celebrate chaplaincies across Greater Lincolnshire highlighting the pastoral care and support provided across communities.
Fundraising Auction at the Chaplaincy Dinner
We have some great experiences and prizes that will be auctioned at the Chaplaincies Dinner. All money raised with be donated to the 3 charities.
If supporters of the Charities not able to attend the Dinner wish to leave a Bid for any LOT or you or your guests want more information about a LOT before the Auction please email janehiles@btinternet.com by Wednesday 19th March. In the event of tied bids, the organisers will draw the two
matching bids and the winning bid will be the first bid drawn from the bag.
Click the button below to see the various lots to be auctioned.
Friday 21st March The Festival of Chaplaincy Dinner
An opportunity to Dine in Style in the beautiful setting of Lincoln Cathedral
Enjoy a delicious 4-course Lincolnshire Dinner with Guest speaker Sir Jonathan Van-Tam; MC John Inverdale and music by the Ensemble of the Band of RAF College
Black-tie Dinner to celebrate and appreciate the work and achievements of the many Chaplaincies in Lincolnshire and beyond
Individual tickets £125 or table of 10 guests £1250
There will be an opportunity for key sponsors to dine at ‘The Table For The Nation’. If you would like to find out more information about the dinner click here.
The dinner is raising funds to support ‘Lincolnshire Community Healthcare Chaplaincy – LCHC’, the ‘Lincolnshire Rural and Agricultural Chaplaincy’ and Lincoln Cathedral.
To book a table for the Dinner please download and print out the Table Booking Form and send it with payment to Mrs M. Ward, Grayingham Grange Farm, Grayingham, Gainsborough, Lincs DN21 4JD by 31st January 2025
Tickets are limited so to avoid disappointment an early response is advisable.
To find out more information email info@festivalofchaplaincy.co.uk or Tel Sally Robinson 07747 042849 or Meryl Ward 07860 565289
Saturday 22nd March 2025 10 am till 4 pm Lincoln Cathedral
Free entry to the Cathedral on this special open day – for everyone.
Come along for a day of activities, information, talks and music showcasing the unique contribution chaplains make.
- Information on local and national chaplaincies will inform and engage
- Interactive activities for young and old alike will be hosted by chaplains and associated community charities such as Lincolnshire Rural Support Network and Lincolnshire Agricultural Society
- Inspiring Talks about Chaplaincy
- Last opportunity to see the Table for the Nation before it moves away from Lincoln, find out more about The Table of the Nation here
- Discover the amazing beauty and inspiring stories of Lincoln Cathedral, including Guided Floor Tours of the Cathedral throughout the day
- Local choirs and music groups will provide a musical backdrop and entertainment for the day
No booking needed. Admission Free
Follow the new Festival of Chaplaincy Facebook page to keep up to date with all the weekend’s activities.
Programme
Talks Chapter House
10.45am – 11.15am
Talk: The History of Chaplaincy
11.30am – 12noon
Talk: The Joys & Challenges of University Chaplaincy
1.30pm – 1.50pm
Talk: Insight into chaplaincy in GP surgeries
2pm – 2.20pm
Talk: Insight into chaplaincy with seafarers
2.30pm – 2.50pm
Talk: Insight into RAF Chaplaincy
3pm – 3.20pm
Talk: Insight into Agricultural Chaplaincy
A pop up café is available in the Chapter House
Activities Table for the Nation
10.30am – 11am
Activity: Bulb planting
Activity: Bracelets of Hope craft
11.15am – 12noon
Activity: Community Art/Meditative Colouring
Activity: “What is chaplaincy?” button activity
1pm – 1.30pm
Activity: Bracelets of Hope craft
Activity: Craft a paper police car
1.45pm – 2.15pm
Activity: Bulb planting
2.30pm – 3pm
Activity: Craft a paper police car
Activity: Community Art/Meditative colouring
3.15pm – 3.45pm
Activity: “It’s good to talk” discussion game
Other activities are available on chaplaincy tables
Music Nave
9.55am
Music: City Waites music
11.30am – 12noon
Music: 1685 music group
1.15pm – 1.45pm
Music: Hungate Singers
2.15pm – 2.45pm
Music: Hungate Singers
3.20pm – 3.50pm
Music: Harmony Lincs
Talks
- History of Chaplaincy
The Reverend Canon Paul Wright.
- Joys and Challenges of University Chaplaincy
The Revd Dr Arabella Milbank Robinson, Dean and Chaplain of Selwyn College, Cambridge
- RAF Chaplaincy
The Reverend (Wing Commander) Ian Brown OBE, Chaplain at RAF Cranwell
- Agricultural Chaplaincy in Lincolnshire
The Rev Canon Alan Robson, Agricultural Chaplain
- Lincolnshire Community Healthcare Chaplaincy – chaplaincy in GP surgeries
Howard Smedley, Chaplaincy Manager and Rev Julie Doddrell, volunteer chaplain
- Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest, Immingham – Revd. Mark Hutson
Family Friendly Activities
- Cathedral and chaplaincy trail
- Prayer Labyrinth
- Bulb planting
- Sports quiz
- Crochet and discussion
- Craft activities on the Table for the Nation
- Cookies to decorate
- From Farm to Fork
Background Music
- Harmony Lincs
- The City Waites
- The Hungate Singers
- 1685
Exhibitors
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals
- Capela – Caravan Chaplaincy of the East Lincolnshire Methodist Circuit
- Waterways Chaplaincy
- St Barnabas Hospice
- Anna Chaplaincy
- Schools Chaplaincy
- Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team, Humberside Health Partnership
- Street Pastors
- Emergency Faith Responders
- Lincolnshire Community Healthcare Chaplaincy
- RAF Chaplains
- Sport Chaplaincy UK
- Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
- University of Lincoln Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
- Royal Army Chaplains’ Department
- Queen Victoria’s Seamen’s Rest
- Agricultural Chaplaincy
- Lincolnshire Agricultural Society
- Wesley House, Cambridge
- Police Chaplaincy UK working with Lincolnshire and Humberside Force Chaplains
- Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force
- Cathedral Chaplains
- Association of Chaplaincy in General Practice
Sunday 23rd March 2025 Special Evensong 3.45 pm Lincoln Cathedral
Come and join the Festival Evensong service in St Hugh’s Choir. The service will have a special focus on chaplaincy with guest preacher The Venerable Dr Giles Legood, MBE, KHC, Chaplain in Chief of the RAF Chaplains Branch and Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force.
Everyone is welcome.
More About Chaplaincy
Across our wonderful county and beyond and across all aspects of life from healthcare to agriculture, prisons to armed forces, caravan parks to waterways,
hospices to theatres you will find dedicated chaplains working alongside ordinary people giving their time, offering their support, lending a listening ear
and all helping to bring hope. This is the work of the church outside of the church walls and this is what the Festival of Chaplaincy will celebrate.