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
Cost £ 130

June 6–8
A weekend retreat with Revd. Susan Sayers
Cost £ 113

June 11–12
Mid-Week Sabbath – For people in ministry. Quiet and space for yourself - runs from 10am the first day until 4pm on the second.

Rest, read, walk, be renewed.

Cost £ 51

Celebration of Evelyn Underhill
June 17 and 18

The Warden
Cost for each day £ 19.50
Seven doors opening … Abba – Christ left us with “seven complementary pictures of the one life of prayer”, the Lord’s Prayer, writes Evelyn Underhill in her book ‘Abba’. Spend one or two days in her company at her beloved Pleshey.
Stay overnight and attend both the above Cost £ 60

July 3
Garden Day – A quiet day in the garden at Pleshey in the company of our gardener, Val Tyler. Buffet lunch in garden.

Cost £ 19.50

July 14–18

CARM Calligraphy and Prayer – Signposts
Chaplain: Revd. Keith Green Tutor: Sue Moor
Cost £ 200

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
Cost £ 300

July 28–August 8
Individual Guided Retreat – For those with a desire to deepen their relationship with God. Retreats begin with supper on the first day and end after breakfast on the last day. Minimum stay 3 nights.

Cost £ 45 per night

August 11–15

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
Painting and Prayer – Creator God and Creative You
Discover hidden talents in art and prayer.

Cost £ 300

September 4
Garden Day – A quiet day in the garden at Pleshey in the company of our gardener, Val Tyler. Buffet lunch in garden.

Cost £ 19.50

September 12–14

MBTI Basic Workshop        Moved to May 23–25

Canon Bruce Duncan
Cost £ 130

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
Cost £ 113

October 4

Friends Quiet Day
Open to all

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
Cost £ 19.50

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
Cost £ 19.50

November 21–23
A weekend retreat with Margaret Silf
Cost £ 113

November 25–26
Mid-Week Sabbath – For people in ministry. Quiet and space for yourself - runs from 10am the first day until 4pm on the second.

Rest, read, walk, be renewed.

Cost £ 51

December 2 & 3

Advent Quiet Days

House Team
Cost £ 19.50

December 13

Christmas Family Day

Revd. Susan Sayers
Cost £ 21

December 14

Christmas Cheer – A sing day for Christmas with festive lunch and carols by candle-light.

Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
Cost £ 21

December 20

Angel Voices – A sing day for Christmas with festive lunch and carols by candle-light.

Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
Cost £ 21

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Please make cheques payable to:

'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'

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Please make cheques payable to:

'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'