Wednesday, 25 December 2013
A story for Christmas Day. The Crib of Bo Bossu
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Merry Christmas from all at Seal - and a story for...: A story for Christmas day, told at this morning's Christmas Communion. My own re-telling of a traditional Breton tale.
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 24
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 24: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (I hope everyone has come through the storm last night safely - perhaps it makes the latter part ...
Monday, 23 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 23
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 23: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us We often skate over the end of Matthew's version of the nativity story. It doesn't fit wi...
Sunday, 22 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 22
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 22: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us Matthew's account of the birth of Christ has no manger in Bethlehem, and no shepherds, but it...
Friday, 20 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 20
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 20: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us Luke 2.1-7 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be r...
Thursday, 19 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 19
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 19: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us The central and most wonderful claim of Christian faith is that, somehow, in Jesus, God became pr...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 18
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 18: Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven Many people do not have anywhere to call home in this world. They have had to leave their own...
Monday, 16 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 16
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 16: Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven 2 Corinthians 5. 17-19 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old ha...
Sunday, 15 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 15
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 15: Psalm 137 By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hun...
Saturday, 14 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 14
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 14: The prophet Isaiah wrote for the people of Israel when they were in exile in Babylon. Through him God promises that he will restore them to ...
Friday, 13 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 13
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 13: Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven Matthew 22. 1-14 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heave...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 12
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 12: Leaving home and coming home. Sophie's Story. Sophie is the youngest of three children. Growing up, Sophie's childhood was tr...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 11
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 11: Leaving home and coming home John 19. 25-27 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary ...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 10
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 10: Leaving home and coming home Parents of grown-up-and-gone children often find that they aren't quite as "gone" as they tho...
Monday, 9 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 9
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 9: Leaving home and coming home Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give...
Sunday, 8 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 8
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 8: Leaving home and coming home. Louise Gluck's poem imagines the Greek soldiers after their triumph in the seige of Troy preparing to go...
Saturday, 7 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 7
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 7: Leaving home and coming home. C. Day-Lewis, in this poem reflects on the experience of letting his son, Sean, grow up and leave home. ...
Friday, 6 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 6
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 6: Apologies for the late arrival of this - a power cut left us without electricity all morning! Home, sweet home? Reflecting on our experie...
Thursday, 5 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 5
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 5: Home, sweet home? Reflecting on our experiences of home Charles Causley's poem, "Timothy Winters" is based on a real child ...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 4
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 4: Home, sweet home? Reflecting on our experiences of home Luke 10.38 - 42 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, ...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 3
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 3: Home, sweet home? Reflecting on our experiences of home Read or listen to Robert Hull's Poem "Table" (I can't reproduce...
Monday, 2 December 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 2
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 2: "Home , sweet home " For some people, their ideal home is one which is shared with other people, but others may be quite happy o...
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 1
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Home for Christmas? 1: Home, sweet home? Reflecting on our experiences of home In the next few weeks, we will be looking at the idea of home from a lot of dif...
Friday, 22 November 2013
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Advent Reflections
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Advent Reflections: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS? Daily reflections for Advent Check back here every day from Dec 1 The Christmas story is full of themes that ...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Ignatian Spirituality and Reflective worship in Hayes
Ignatian spirituality ‘taster’
session
10.30am to 12.00am Sat 23 November at Hayes Free
Church, 111 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes BR2 7HU
This session is to give a taste of what will be
happening in a new Ignatian spirituality group meeting on the second and fourth
Thursday evenings in the month from January. The group will be meeting in Hayes
or Beckenham. It will be a sharing group where time will be spent reflecting on
Gospel passages and trying out exercises like the review of the day and
imaginative meditation. The aim of the group is to help people explore their
life and their faith in more depth. All are welcome. There is no parking at the
church itself but there should be parking spaces in side-streets nearby. The
nearest train station is Hayes, which is a 5-10 minute walk. For more details
contact David on davidw.hawthorn1@btinternet.com,
tel 020 8249 7188.
Monthly reflective worship service
at Hayes Free Church from January 2014
On the fourth Sunday of each month (beginning on
26 January) Hayes Free Church will be holding a reflective worship service
called The Six O’Clock Service, starting at 6pm and lasting for an hour.
Services will use a mixture of hymns and modern songs, times of quiet
reflection, readings, exercises, meditations, rituals and prayer stations to
explore a different theme each month. The theme for the service on 26 January
will be A Prayer Journey with Metropolitan Anthony, based on readings from his
book School for Prayer.
The church is at 111 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes BR2 7HU. There is no parking at the
church itself but there should be parking spaces in side-streets nearby. The
nearest train station is Hayes, which is a 5-10 minute walk. For more details
contact David ondavidw.hawthorn1@btinternet.com,
tel 020 8249 7188. If you are interested in helping to plan a service, leading
worship or playing a musical instrument, please contact
David.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Advent service at St Luke's Gillingham
St. Luke the Evangelist, Gillingham
Advent Sunday - 1st December 2013
5pm An Advent Service of Penitence and Hope
A simple and reflective service of readings, hymns, and silence, based on
the traditional Great O Antiphons.
Details from eyeseajay[at]btopenworld.com, or call 01634 818649
Friday, 1 November 2013
A day for Spiritual Directors
A
day for Spiritual Directors
5
April 2014 - 1030 - 3 pm at St Justus’ Church, Rochester ME1 2LT
Bring your own picnic.
The day is a reunion for those who
have completed the Canterbury/Rochester Spiritual Accompaniment Course but it
is open to all who would like to deepen their skills as Spiritual Directors. David
Lonsdale, who has been teaching spirituality and spiritual direction for over
20 years at Heythop College in London, will lead the day.
Details of how to sign up for this course will follow nearer the time, but you might like to put the date in the diary if you are interested in coming.
Details of how to sign up for this course will follow nearer the time, but you might like to put the date in the diary if you are interested in coming.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Coming events at the London Centre for Spirituality
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Exploring Christian Spirituality at London Centre for Spirituality
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Friday, 6 September 2013
London Centre for Spirituality Autumn programme
Details of events at the London Centre for Spirituality
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Thursday, 5 September 2013
Exploration of Prayer at Halstead Church
“Lord,
teach us to pray!”
An
adventure in knowing God
There is so much more to prayer than many people realise. A
team from the Diocese is will be leading an exploration of Christianity’s rich heritage. Monthly
evening meetings will be held at St. Margaret’s, Halstead at 7.30-9.30pm on
Tuesdays, 24th September, 22nd October and 26th
November.
24th
September: “”Teach us to pray”
Introduction and
overview. Knowing God in prayer. The teaching of Jesus.
22nd
October: “Listening to God”
Meditation and
contemplation, using the Bible and other well tried methods
26th
November: “Speaking to God”
Responding to God;
intercession; praying in Church.
This introduction course is open and accessible to everyone.
More details : Revd. John Benson 01959 532133 or john.benson@halstead-church.org
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013
An Invitation to a Labyrinth Prayer and Share Day.
This is an open
invitation to join in an informal day of walking, praying and
sharing experiences
of using the labyrinth as a path for prayer and
reflection.
There is an
increasing interest in the labyrinth as a
path for prayer and
reflection and a growing number of churches,
ministries and
retreat centres that are offering the labyrinth
to their communities
and visitors.
The
aim of the day
is to
enable clergy, chaplains, retreat leaders, teachers, ministry leaders
and interested
church members to come together and
·
explore the
possibilities of walking and praying with a labyrinth
·
share their
experiences and ideas with others
·
take home ideas to
develop in your own community
·
walk and pray with
others on a labyrinth.
Date
Saturday 12th October 2013
Venue
St Peter’s
Church, Frimley, Camberley GU16 7AQ
Cost
£10
Please bring a packed lunch – Fruit & Cake, Tea & Coffee
provided.
Max
no
30
Programme
10.00
Arrivals, Registration, Tea / Coffee
10.30
Welcome, Introductions and Opening Prayer
10.50
Walking and Praying: God’s people on the path
Input led by Barbara Wallace
11.15
Sharing our stories on the path
An opportunity for
participants to share their experiences and resources with the group…
Please arrange this
with Barbara in advance… so that we can plan some time /display space
12.30
Lunch
1.30
Opportunity for participants to walk and pray
Facilitated by Carol
Dilling
2.45 Tea
and ‘plenary’ i.e. shall we meet again? What sort of things would people like to
do in the future??
3.15
Closing prayers
3.30
Close.
Who
are we?
Carol
Dilling: Carol has been
leading labyrinth events and using small labyrinth prayer mats as part of
reflective
worship for the last
four years. Carol is a trained labyrinth facilitator and Occasional Worship
Leader at St Peters church.
Barbara
Wallace: Barbara Wallace is
an experienced workshop leader and trained labyrinth facilitator.
She has worked
extensively with clergy, chaplains, church communities and ministry teams over
the last 10 years.
Barbara runs a
prayer resource company called Pilgrim Paths. You can find out more about her on
the website
www.pilgrimpaths.co.uk. Barbara will bring
some of her resources to the day.
To
book a place
Please email barbara@pilgrimpaths.co.uk and you will
receive confirmation of your place. You can pay the £10 on the
door.
Cash or cheques only
please.
Please contact
Barbara if you would like any further information
We look forward to
hearing from you
Please pray for this
day, may we always seek to walk in His ways.
Peace and blessings
on your path
Carol
and Barbara
Barbara
Wallace
Pilgrim Paths
Ltd
07976970726
If we live by
the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Saturday, 24 August 2013
Exploring Prayer - Pembury
Exploring Prayer: The What, Why, How and Where....of
Prayer!
At St. Peter’s, Church, Pembury.
Ann Scott and Sue Robertson will be leading two sessions Exploring Prayer on Sundays 22nd and 29th September in the Upper Church from 3.45 to 5 pm.
We hope these sessions will open up a world of prayerful possibilities for everyone, whether a beginner or an experienced explorer in prayer!
For more details contact St Peter's Church office 01892 824761 or e-mail office@pemburychurch.net
Ann Scott and Sue Robertson will be leading two sessions Exploring Prayer on Sundays 22nd and 29th September in the Upper Church from 3.45 to 5 pm.
We hope these sessions will open up a world of prayerful possibilities for everyone, whether a beginner or an experienced explorer in prayer!
For more details contact St Peter's Church office 01892 824761 or e-mail office@pemburychurch.net
Monday, 12 August 2013
September events at the London Centre for Spirituality
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