| Type | Christian youth event |
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| Founded | August 2004 |
| Location | UK |
| Key people | Joel Virgo, Simon Brading, Lou Fellingham, Stef Liston, Adrian Holloway, Matt Simmonds |
| Motto | "A generation is emerging." |
| Website | http://www.newdaygeneration.org/ |
Newday, established since August 2004, is an annual Christian youth festival organized by the Newfrontiers family of churches.[1][2] The event is aimed at young people between the ages of 12 to 19, either Christian or non-Christian.[3]
During the festival, a live album is often recorded. These are released annually, the first was titled Newday 2004 (2004) released after the first festival, with You Reign (2005), Shout From The Roof (2006), Let The Rain Come (2007), This Is Life (2008), No Shout Too Loud (2009) and King Of Nations (2010) following in subsequent years.[4]
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Newday's stated vision is to bring God into the lives of young people through social action.[5][6] This includes performing voluntary community work during the festival period, worshipping God through music, preachers and prayers.[7][8]
The first Newday event in 2004 was held at Newark showground, Lincolnshire. At the first event 3500 youths attended.[9] This event was interrupted by torrential rainfall flooding the camp site causing many young people to be evacuated into nearby schools and leisure centres.[10]
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In 2005, the launch of Newday and three evening meetings were held at Notts County Stadium, Nottingham. Over 5000 youths attended.[11]
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In 2006, Newday was relocated Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffordshire.[12] Almost 6000 youths attended.[13] Matt Redman did not lead worship but Phatfish continued for a third year running this time joined by South African female singer Siyoli Lusaseni and Evan Rogers, who had previously led worship at Together On A Mission, the annual Newfrontiers leadership conference.
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In 2007, Newday was once again at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire with social action and outreach in Derby. The event took place between 2nd and 7 August and over 6000 youths attended.[14]
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In 2008, Newday was again at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. The event took place between 2nd and 7 August and approximately 7000 youths attended.[15] During the event 315 people were saved and the offering reached £112,000.[15] This year, Matt Redman did not appear but instead Lou Fellingham (lead singer of Phatfish), took over the role of leading worship alongside Simon Brading and Paul Oakley.
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In 2009, Newday moved to Norfolk Showground, Norwich and was held between the 1st and 6 August. Approximately 7000 people attended the 2009 event.[16] At Newday 2009, 361 Christians committed their lives to Jesus for the first time. Paul Oakley retired from worship leading in 2008, with Simon Brading and Lou Fellingham continuing the worship leading this year. Jordan Dillon joined Simon Brading on the main stage leading worship. On the Tuesday night, Matt Redman joined Lou and Phatfish for a celebratory night of worship and songs. This was his first appearance since 2007 and 4th overall at the Newday festival.
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Newday 2010 was held at Norfolk Showground again, although a week later than the previous year due to the preceding Scouting Jamboree which took place at the showground, meaning it ran from 11 to 16 August.[17]
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Newday was once again held at the Norfolk showground, from 1-6 August, with delegates leaving on 7th.
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Newday offers a variety of different entertainment for its youth.
There are six main cafés or bars, open daily from 1:30pm til 6pm, and after the main meeting:
Other activities include:
Many of those attending often comment on the amount of rain that seems to fall every year. This was especially highlighted in 2004 with severe flooding, when an evacuation was necessary.[10] This wasn't far off, again in 2010, when a day of heavy rain saw the ground saturated and some tents and marquess flooded. Similarly, in 2011, a warm first few days saw heavy rain on the third evening which caused temporary chaos on site in tents and marquees.
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