This retreat is now fully booked.  If you wish to be placed on the Waiting List, please complete the form below and the booking team will contact you.

HAVE YOU BEEN STRUGGLING SINCE THE DEATH OF YOUR LOVED ONE?

Come and join with others who have also experienced life-changing loss through bereavement. The aim of this supported retreat is to help you cope with your life-changing loss. Through a creative variety of activities, including led sessions, discussions and quiet reflection, we explore the journey of grief, with a focus on finding a way forward in the changed circumstances that are the result of bereavement. It includes a special time of candlelighting remembrance. This is a gentle retreat with a Christian perspective, sensitively led by Abi and John May, suitable for those who have lost a husband or wife, children or other close family members, or who have suffered multiple losses.

Abi was recently featured on BBC Songs of Praise presented from Launde Abbey.  If you wish to review the programme please follow the link “Songs of Praise – Faith and Grief” to the BBC iPlayer.

Abi May

Abi Abi runs the ‘Living with Loss’ project, which is a member of the National Bereavement Alliance.  She is an experienced retreat leader, bereavement author and educator, as well as being a bereaved mother.  Her grief support retreats and training courses are held in locations throughout the UK as well as online.

Quotes from previous retreats run by Abi:

• “The content of the bereavement sessions was excellent and the approach varied, interactive and all very clearly presented.”
• “I thought Abi led the sessions with sensitivity and compassion.”
• “This was a first class retreat which I found extremely helpful.”
• “I had no idea, really, what to expect this week. I am returning home feeling assured that I will survive and continue to take ‘small steps’ on my journey.”

Retreat price: £325 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £305 if you pay in full before 7th May 2023.
It may be possible for you to extend your stay by arriving early.  Why not check on availability and ask for a quote when you contact us.

This retreat is now fully booked.

Blessed to be a Blessing‘ explores how the God of blessing created us to be channels of blessing to people and places, in every place where we are. The retreat will explore the means, disciplines and resources that help us to be people of benediction whoever we are and wherever we find ourselves.

This retreat will be led by Roy Searle.

Roy is one of the founders of the Northumbria Community, is a past President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and teaches at Cranmer Hall, St. John’s College Durham and Spurgeons College, London. A popular conference speaker, writer, leadership and pioneer mentor and spiritual director, Roy is passionate about encouraging people to love God, listen well, think deeply, live authentically and generously. He is married to Shirley and lives in their beloved Northumberland. They have four children and eight grandchildren.

Retreat price: £440 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £420 if you pay in full before 20th September 2023.
It may be possible for you to extend your stay by leaving later.  Why not check on availability and ask for a quote when you contact us.

This retreat is now fully booked. If you’re interested in joining a waitlist (in case places become available) complete the form below.

The words of the Jesus Prayer are simple: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

But the practice of praying these few words has sustained a tradition of eastern Orthodox prayer, meditation, and theology for over a millennium and has helped shape and deepen the spiritual lives of countless Christians – Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic, from east and west.

In this retreat we’ll meditate together on this ancient prayer, discover something of its history and spiritual value, learn about the use of komboskinoi or prayer ropes, and – of course! – practice praying the Jesus Prayer together, both in silence and aloud, with others and alone.

Every person attending the retreat will be given a prayer rope hand made in Greece to use while praying. If you already have a rope, bring that along too!

This retreat will be led by The Revd Chris Webb, Deputy Warden of Launde Abbey.

Chris Webb is an Anglican priest, author, speaker and teacher dedicated to helping people experience a richer walk with God by growing in prayer and the spiritual life. He has ministered in a wide variety of contexts: as president of Renovaré, a spiritual formation ministry in the USA; as parish priest in Welsh farming communities and steelworking towns; and even in a church for the homeless. Chris is the author of two books: The Fire of the Word (2011) and God-Soaked Life (2017).

Retreat price: £315 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £295 if you pay in full before 1st July 2023.
It may be possible for you to extend your stay by arriving early.  Why not check on availability and ask for a quote when you contact us.

An aquarium is filled with water, and a solarium is filled with sunlight. A Contemplarium is a place filled with contemplative silence.

Many of us experience a longing for a richer life of prayer, for the contemplative experience of dwelling in God’s presence, loving and being loved. We resonate with the words of Richard Foster when he writes that “the desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people” – and we want to discover those depths for ourselves.

During the Contemplarium retreat we’ll immerse ourselves in brief meditations on scripture, in simple prayer drawing in echoes of ancient chant, and in generous opportunities for silence and stillness.

While plenty of space and time for silence will be provided on this retreat, the silence is never compulsory – you can dip in and out as you need. So this is an ideal retreat both for beginners to silent retreats and for experienced retreatants.

This retreat will be led by The Revd Chris Webb, Deputy Warden of Launde Abbey.

Chris Webb is an Anglican priest, author, speaker and teacher dedicated to helping people experience a richer walk with God by growing in prayer and the spiritual life. He has ministered in a wide variety of contexts: as president of Renovaré, a spiritual formation ministry in the USA; as parish priest in Welsh farming communities and steelworking towns; and even in a church for the homeless. Chris is the author of two books: The Fire of the Word (2011) and God-Soaked Life (2017).

Retreat price: £295 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £275 if you pay in full before 31st January 2023.
It may be possible for you to extend your stay by staying on after the retreat.  Why not check on availability and ask for a quote when you contact us.

Brother Lawrence was a seventeenth century lay brother in a Carmelite monastery who spent most of his life working in the monastery kitchens – he once described himself as the “Lord of Pots and Pans!” He wrote a very slim book, Practicing the Presence of God, describing how he developed a life of prayer and contemplation in this noisy, busy and distracting environment and helped others to do the same. His writings have been massively popular ever since.  Through this retreat, Bishop Mike Harrison will be exploring five particular recommendations of Brother Lawrence for practicing the presence of God and looking at how his insights can be applied in everyday life, with plenty of room for discussion on the way. 

Mike Harrison

Mike Harrison has been Bishop of Dunwich, Suffolk since 2016 and prior to that was Director of Mission and Ministry in the Diocese of Leicester from 2005 to 2016.  After university he spent a formative period at a church in Deptford, London exploring a variety of different options.  He was a lay-worker for the church, a management consultant in the City and an unqualified social worker for Lewisham Borough Council.  Mike decided to test an ordained vocation and served his curacy in South Lambeth, London.  During this time he also studied for a PhD in Christian doctrine at King’s College, London.

Mike is married to Rachel and they have been blessed with 4 children.  He supports Bolton Wanderers and other lost causes!

Retreat price: £315 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £295 if you pay in full before 2nd August 2023.
It may be possible for you to extend your stay by leaving later.  Why not check on availability and ask for a quote when you contact us.