A Hush of Expectation
Thursday 21st December 2.30 - 4.00 p.m.
This event is the perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on the wonder of Christmas. Join us for an afternoon of poems and readings, carols and music.
We’ll be serving hot fruit punch, mulled wine and seasonal nibbles.
Cost: free - donations invited.Please contact us to reserve your place.
Seasons of the Soul: Winter - a quiet morning
Tuesday 9th January 2024, 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. with lunch option
Winter - Discontent, disappointment or delight? A time of reflection as the days start to become just a little lighter and longer.
Led by Rev Sue Watterson.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m.
Optional soup & roll lunch.
Suggested donation of £15, or £20 to include lunch.
Sue is a retired Anglican priest living on the Isle of Man. She is an experienced Spiritual Director and a gifted leader of quiet days and retreats.
Cree as Annym - Heart and Soul
Enriching our worship and our welcome with Manx language.
Friday 12th and Saturday 13th January 2024
Led by Manx Language Development Officer, Ruth Keggin Gell, from Culture Vannin.
Friday 12th January 6.00 – 8.30 p.m. Gow arrane - Sing!
Discover simple Taizé chants in Manx
An opportunity to try out some of the most popular of these prayerful, peaceful chants, in Manx, plus a beautiful round for us to try. The evening will begin with a workshop led by Manx Language Development Officer, Ruth Keggin Gell, from Culture Vannin followed by a simple tasty supper with time to chat. We’ll close with a gentle time of worship using what we’ve learnt.
Cost: free, donations welcome.
Saturday 13th January 9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. God speaks Manx too, yessir!
Discover simple ways to incorporate Manx into a church’s life and worship. This workshop will cover simple responses, prayers and blessings, conversational phrases of welcome, useful Manx for service sheets, and much more.
Refreshments will be served on arrival from 9.00 a.m. Cost: free, donations welcome.
Option to stay on for a snack and sandwich lunch giving the opportunity to practice a little more Manx.
Cost £8.00 per person.
Each of these events stands alone, but if you’re planning to attend both why not treat yourself and book in for an overnight stay?
Armchair Pilgrimage around the South
Wednesday 24th January, 2.00 - 4.00 p.m.
Another opportunity to share in one of our popular armchair pilgrimages, this time to the south of the Island. Shake off the January blues and let Karen Garrett be your guide on this virtual pilgrimage walk. Enjoy the scenary of a summer's day and reflect on where life's journey is taking you.
Refreshments will be served.
Cost: any donation welcome
If my people ...
a day of prayer for ourselves, the island and the world
Friday 26th January, 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m.
The house will be open from morning until night for this day of prayer. There will be creative prayer stations,
times of prayer together and a lunchtime communion. Take time out and spend a few moments in God’s presence bringing with you the things that matter. Come when you can and go when you must, no need to book. We'll provide hot drinks throughout the day.During the day we will be gathering for these times of prayer - feel free to join us for any of them:
9.15 a.m. Morning Prayer
12.00 p.m. Midday communion
5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer
7.30 - 8.15 p.m. Prayer and praise
8.30 p.m. Compline by candlelight
A quiet morning for Shrove Tuesday
Tuesday 13th February 2024, 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. with lunch option
Join us on Shrove Tuesday for this quiet morning to help us reflect on moving through Lent to Easter.
Led by Rev Sue Watterson.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m.
Optional lunch including pancakes.
Suggested donation of £15, or £20 to include lunch.
Sue is a retired Anglican priest living on the Isle of Man. She is an experienced Spiritual Director and a gifted leader of quiet days and retreats.
Gardening Weekend
Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd March 2024
Join Rev Richard Littledale and friends for a weekend in the garden.
With Spring just around the corner, now's the time to get out in the garden. Richard Littledale will be coming with some friends to Thie dy Vea to clear some of the ground and plant up. Here's how you can get involved:
Join us for one of the days. We'll provide hot drinks and a soup lunch.
or
Come for the weekend. We'll give you 2 free nights B&B plus lunch in exchange for your labour.
Contact us if you're interested.
Seasons of the Soul: Spring - a quiet morning
Thursday 21st March 2024, 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. with lunch option
Spring - Awakening, healing and new-birth. Where can we find spiritual refreshment, and discover personal growth ?
Led by Rev Sue Watterson.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m.
Optional soup & roll lunch.
Suggested donation of £15, or £20 to include lunch.
Sue is a retired Anglican priest living on the Isle of Man. She is an experienced Spiritual Director and a gifted leader of quiet days and retreats.
In between Easter and Pentecost:
letting the power of our faith story take hold of us.
Saturday 13th April 2024, 10 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. including lunch
Roy de Maistre 'The Supper at Emmaus' from the Methodist Modern Art Collection © TMCP, used with permission.
www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection
A quiet day to help us reflect upon stories associated with this period of the Christian year and, through our reflections, seek to listen to God.
There will be extended periods of silence, the opportunity to spend time in the garden (weather permitting), biblical passages, contemporary stories and pictures to help our reflection. Led by Rev Liz Wills.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30 a.m.
Lunch included
Suggested donation of £25
Liz is a retired Methodist minister, now living in Sheffield with her husband, John. Originally a teacher of English, she trained for ordained ministry in Birmingham. All of her active ministry was spent in inner-city, multi-cultural, multi-faith settings, first in Birmingham and then in Sheffield. It was during these years that she found her ministry
sustained by periods of retreat and times of silence. She began to lead Quiet Days, encouraging others to develop their own ways of ‘being still and listening to God’, and has continued this aspect of her ministry in retirement. She is delighted to be returning to the Island and to Thie dy Vea.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:
January
19th - 20th Diocesan 'Growing Leaders' course residential
21st Local group quiet day
30th Methodist leaders' quiet day
