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That We May Be One: 8-Day Intensive Retreat
Led by Jill Benet. Intensive Retreats provide an opportunity for participants to immerse themselves fully in the practice of Centering Prayer often proving to be a watershed in their practice. There will be up to three hours of Centering Prayer each day and time outside meetings is held in silence. There will be time for personal reflection, contemplative liturgy and Lectio Divina. We will draw on material from Thomas Keating’s last teaching video series, ‘That We May Be One’. The…
Find out more »Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop (Northumberland)
Led by Rev. Mel King. Sandwich lunch and drinks included. For more information: Please see upcoming 2020 Programme on the Shepherd's Dene website (below). Booking: Contact Jan Dumbell (details below).
Find out more »Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop (Bedford)
Led by Rev. Lesley Jones. A six-hour workshop introducing the basic principles of Centering Prayer with a detailed explanation of the method and opportunities to practice. Suggested donation £10. Bring a packed lunch. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be provided. If required there will be six one-and-a-half hour follow up sessions. These cover essentially the same basic material so even if you couldn't make it to the workshop itself you are welcome to attend the follow up sessions. Further details from…
Find out more »Finding Fulfillment: Three Centered Living
Centering Prayer, the Law of Three, and Alexander technique. Led by Jill Benet, Antonio Benet and Jacqueline Evans. In this retreat, we will be looking at how we can join fully in the dance of creation. We will offer practices for body, mind and spirit to help us join the flow towards being one with the Unknowable. We will work with four practices: the Law of Three enables us to see more clearly the dynamic flow of creation, Centering Prayer…
Find out more »Centering Prayer and the Four Consents
The lifetime invitations into the fullness of the presence and reality of God. Led by Revd. Mel King. A day grounded in Centering Prayer with Lectio Divina and reflection on the Four life-giving Consents in the Divine school of love: Our basic goodness; Participation and creativity; Diminishment of our physical powers; Transformation in Christ. Sandwiches may be ordered on arrival or bring a packed lunch. Suitable for anyone with an established practice of Centering Prayer and who is familiar with…
Find out more »Consent to God as God Is
Led by Steve Pearce. This quiet afternoon with some teaching input will be of interest to those who already have an established practice of silent prayer or are seeking to establish one of whatever type. We will be looking at a model of spiritual life in which Four Consents are necessary for growth: consent to our basic goodness; consent to participation and creativity; consent to diminishment and death; consent to transformation. Doors open at 12:30pm for a bring-and-share lunch with…
Find out more »Centering Prayer Introductory Day (Durham)
This event has been postponed until the 17th of October.
Find out more »Easter Sunrise Prayer (Online)
On Easter Day at 7:00am Rev. Mel King will be hosting a “Sunrise Zoomâ€. It is open to anyone who wishes to take part. The Easter Gospel, Mary Magdalen meets the Risen Lord, will be the context (John 20:1-9). We will begin with 20 minutes of silent or Centering Prayer followed by a short comfort break and then a Reading and Lectio-style sharing of the Gospel. If you are interested and would like to join please e-mail Mel by Saturday…
Find out more »An Introduction to the Welcome Prayer
Led by Jill Benet. Sometimes called ‘consent on the go’, Rev Dr Cynthia Bourgeault describes the Welcome Prayer as ‘a powerful path for connecting the inner consent of Centering Prayer with the outer requirement of unconditional presence in daily life’. We will introduce the method of the Welcome Prayer Practice and, by putting it into practice, recognise its power as a tool to release the obstacles and hidden motivations preventing us from fully living life as it is. The weekend…
Find out more »The Secret Embrace: Unpacking the Final Teaching of Thomas Keating
Held in conjunction with Silence in the City and led by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault. In the last five years of his life, Thomas Keating underwent a profound spiritual transfiguration, taking him far beyond our usual understanding of the final, or “unitive,†stage of the spiritual journey--and even beyond the roadmaps he himself so brilliantly constructed and taught for more than forty years. Surprisingly, this journey to the mystical wellsprings of selfhood is conveyed to us in the form of…
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