Gardening Retreat: May
Enjoy a week working in Launde Abbey's spectacular gardens and experience our hospitality and dining.
Enjoy a week working in Launde Abbey's spectacular gardens and experience our hospitality and dining.
'She sits like a bird’ - time to reflect on a contemporary Pentecost hymn by John Bell and Graham Maule. A quiet day led by Rev John Rackley.
This is a weekend individually guided retreat offering time and space to notice and pay attention to God and the work of God in your life. It will be led by Rhona Knight and a team of experienced spiritual accompaniers.
Beginning with the story of Moses and the burning bush, we look together on how God might be speaking to us through Scripture, experience and poetry. This quiet day will be led by Revd Catherine Wright.
Nicola Smith explores the foundations of mindfulness, as taught in secular mindfulness courses, and helps us discover how these can support our prayer life, attentiveness and stillness.
This quiet day will be led by Carys Walsh, and we will be reflecting on the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, 'a human life in a transfigured world.'
Spiritual leader Dr Rhona Knight leads this silent retreat offering one to one support from her team of experienced guides.
A retreat led by the Revd Catherine Lomas reflecting on the use of icons as a means for prayer.
This retreat is now fully booked. Please contact us by email or phone if you wish to be placed on a waiting list. Thank you.
Join us for daily worship, gardening, and reflective sessions in the peaceful community atmosphere of Launde Abbey.
**FULLY BOOKED** ‘Walking with Jesus in Sadness and Joy’ - an exploration of the disciples and Jesus on the road to Emmaus from Luke 24:13-35. This quiet day will be led by Revd Ali Walton, Associate Rector in the Benefice of Emmanuel Loughborough.
Join us as we think about the concept of the Sabbath and how it is both important and precious in our lives and in our relationship with God. We will look at ways we can make more time to be with God in our daily lives and how this can help us to live the life that God calls us to love.
This retreat is now fully booked. Please contact us by email or phone if you wish to be placed on a waiting list. Thank you.
This retreat is tailored for those approaching retirement, as well as those already retired. We will be using short talks, prayers, time for reflection, music, poetry and prose, and simple acts of worship. There will be the opportunity for a short individual conversation with one of the leaders if you wish.
Discover the fascinating history of labyrinths as sacred spaces, their shapes, symbolism, and spirituality. Learn how to create and use temporary pop-up labyrinths, make and draw finger labyrinths, and explore their mental and physical health benefits. A retreat led by Jim Bailey.