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Retreats and Quiet Days 2008
May 23–25 Myers-Briggs Basic Workshop – A 'Myers-Briggs Type Indicator'® workshop to explore how your personality type and temperament affects all aspects of your life and relationships with others. Canon Bruce Duncan June 6–8 June 11–12 Rest, read, walk, be renewed. Cost £ 51 Celebration of Evelyn Underhill The Warden July 3 Cost £ 19.50 July 14–18 CARM Calligraphy and Prayer – Signposts July 18–25 Walking in God’s Garden – Walking Week. A relaxing week, walking, reflecting, enjoying being together with each other and with God. Some lunches in local pubs. House Team July 28–August 8 Cost £ 45 per night
Sing with the Saints – Music Week – Come and stay for the week and explore songs and hymns from many cultures. Alternatively, come for one or two days and stay overnight if you can. Tuesday – Sing Celtic; Wednesday – World Songs; Thursday – Taizé & Psalms. No previous musical experience necessary. Laurie and Revd Brigid Main Cost £ 200 August 15–22 Cost £ 300 September 4 Cost £ 19.50
September 19–21 Beatitude – Ideas on Christian Happiness – Many things affect our happiness, and how we view them can help us decide whether we are really going to enjoy happiness or not. Happiness is looked at from the point of view of positive psychology, philosophy, and Christian teaching, and in the context of a retreat ideas are discussed and exchanged. Canon Brian Mountford October 4 Friends Quiet Day Cost £ 19.50 October 17–19 ‘On this occasion Mary has chosen the better part’ Luke 10.38-42. Or has she? – A silent retreat with addresses using St. Luke’s Gospel. Canon Sylvia Chapman Cost £ 113
October 29 Prayer “in Christ” – The Jesus Prayer Bp. Simon Barrington-Ward November 11 ‘The Wild West’: Poems of R.S.Thomas – R.S.Thomas was a priest who ministered in three Welsh parishes and produced some of the finest poetry of the 20th century in the English language. Bishop David will introduce and read a selection of poems with ample space for quiet and reflection. The Rt. Revd. David Hawkins,
the Bishop of Barking November 21–23 November 25–26 Rest, read, walk, be renewed. Cost £ 51 December 2 & 3 Advent Quiet Days House Team December 13 Christmas Family Day Revd. Susan Sayers December 14 Christmas Cheer – A sing day for Christmas with festive lunch and carols by candle-light. Laurie and Revd Brigid Main December 20 Angel Voices – A sing day for Christmas with festive lunch and carols by candle-light. Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
Click here to Download a Booking Form Please make cheques payable to: 'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'
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Click here to Download a Booking Form Please make cheques payable to: 'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'
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