Transitions
A quiet morning for autumn with Sue Watterson
Wednesday 2nd October, 10.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. with lunch option
In our lives, we may go through a period of ‘Autumn’, and experience a time of transition when something ends or closes, and a new opportunity arises.
This may have nothing to do with our age. Autumn can creep or whisper into our spiritual lives, and as we watch colours deepen and leaves fall we are reminded that nature’s changes can be mirrored in our lives. Autumn brings a time of harvesting, thanksgiving and sowing early seed, as well as transition. What does the season hold for us this year?
This quiet morning exploring transitions will be lead by Rev Sue Watterson.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m. onwards.
The session will finish at 12.30 p.m. but there's the opportunity to stay on for a soup and crumble lunch.
Cost: suggested donation of £10, or £20 if staying for lunch.
Whole-life preaching
A workshop with Ken Benjamin and Paul Wooley
Saturday 19th October, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
How do we increase the connections in our Sunday preaching with the Monday to Saturday lives of the people we serve?
Join Ken Benjamin, Director of Church Relationships and Paul Woolley, CEO, with the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, for this day workshop suitable for all who preach in our churches.
Paul Woolley
Ken Benjamin
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m.
Cost: suggested donation of £25 to include buffet lunch and all refreshments.
Contact us to reserve a place
Journeying into Joy
Saturday 26th October, 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
A quiet day, with reflection led by Cheryl Cousins that explores our relationship with Joy, and leads us into the experience of encountering joy, through the spiritual practice of Christian Meditation. You don’t need to have had any previous experience of Meditation to join this retreat day.
Cheryl is the Local Minister at Dalby Church and has practiced meditation for over 45 years. She acknowledges that it is her “life-line”.
The tradition she teaches is from The World Community of Christian Meditation (WCCM) a global spiritual community united in the practice of meditation in the Christian tradition. Her reflection during the day is based around the question: “In a world that seems so troubled and disturbed, how can we live as “people of joy” ?
The day will start at 10.00 a.m. with refreshments served from 9.30 a.m.
Cost: suggested donation of £25 to include a buffet lunch and all refreshments
If you'd like to make a longer retreat of this event and add in overnight accommodation on the Friday or Saturday (or both!) do get in touch.
Renewable Wellbeing:
five culture shifts for the church
Saturday 23rd November, 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
A day with Ruth Rice of the charity 'Renew Wellbeing' exploring themes from her new book.
During the day Ruth will guide us through five contemporary culture shifts and place alongside them five stories of Jesus from John's gospel. The day will explore how we can apply what we see in these stories to our own life and habits. There will be a mix of input from Ruth and time for your own reflections.
Ruth's book contains ideas for whole day retreats around each culture shift, so this day will simply be an introduction and an invitation into deeper rhythms of retreat in our lives and diaries as the new year approaches.
The day will start at 9.00 a.m. prompt, refreshments will be served from 8.45 a.m.
Cost: suggested donation of £30 to include a buffet lunch and all refreshments
If you'd like to make a retreat of this event and add in overnight accommodation on the Friday or Saturday (or both!) do get in touch.
In addition to our public events, Thie dy Vea hosts a variety of other groups and gatherings at the house. In the coming months these include:
September
3rd Methodist leaders lunch
6th - 9th Diocesan ordinands retreat
7th Local church retreat day
9th - 14th Visiting group from the Christian Motorcyclists Association
15th - 26th Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius 10-day retreat
October
7th - 11th Visiting church group from North Wales
13th Local group retreat day
