Page 2 - The Gilbert Arthur Thompson Historical Festivities

AGENDA
Press Conference,
Monday, September 8th, 2025 at 6:00pm
St Agnes Anglican Church Parish Hall
1. CALL TO ORDER
Veronica Duncanson, Vice Chairperson, Steering Committee/Moderator
2. OPENING PRAYER
Bishop Laish Z. Boyd, Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas & the Turks and Cai-
cos Islands
3. WELCOME/OCCASION
Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, Chaplain, Steering Committee, and Rector, St Ag-
nes Anglican Church
4. OVERVIEW/PURPOSE OF THE FESTIVITIES
The Rev’d Father Roderick Bain, Chairman, Steering Committeee and Rector, St
Barnabas Anglican Church
5. REMARKS/UPDATES
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Cecilia Strachan, Government Liaison- - Government House -Premiere airing
of documentary / and Ministry of Works - naming of street in honour of Bish-
op Thompson.
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Darnell Chipman Ward, Entertainment Chairperson
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Veronica Duncanson - 60 minutes documentary
6. ST BARNABAS PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR BISHOP THOMPSON’S DAY, FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 17, 2025
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Father Roderick Bain
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Venus Bonimy, Chairman’s Assistant
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Carol Hanna - Chairman’s Assistant
7. QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD
8 REMARKS/VOTE OF THANKS
Attorney Gilbert A. Thompson, II, Thompson Family Liaison
9. CLOSING PRAYER Bishop Laish Z, Boyd, Sr.
10. ADJOURNMENT - Moderator
REFRESHMENTS