This retreat is now fully booked. Please complete the form on this page if you wish to be placed on the waiting list.
There is another sewing retreat running on 14th August so you may wish to consider booking a place on that retreat instead.
Jesus said, “I Am The Gate”
Meeting God at thresholds and crossing places
In this retreat, we will explore places of encounter, places of change, places where change happens ‘whether I want it to or not.’ We will do this with creative prayer, poems, reflections and quiet.
There will also be an opportunity to do some creative stitching – possibly a landscape, or a traditional patchwork design, such as ‘Attic Windows’ or a piece of your own choosing. Claire will bring some additional fabric and haberdashery with her.
Revd Claire Goode
Revd Claire Goode was most recently a Chaplain at Launde Abbey. She is an experienced parish priest and retreat leader who was most recently the Vicar of a city centre church in Nottingham. Claire was also one of the team offering Spiritual Direction (Spiritual Accompaniment) and Mentoring in Southwell & Nottingham Diocese. She has been sewing ever since she can remember – she had her first sewing machine aged 9 years and has recently studied for a City and Guilds Patchwork and Quilting Certificate.
Retreat price: £500 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £490 if you pay in full before 16th November 2022.
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.
Please complete this form to request being placed on the waiting list for this retreat.
At Christmas we declare Jesus to be the light that shines in the darkness. But it is the stories of Jesus traditionally read through January, in the season of Epiphany, that start to unpack what that might look like. In this darkest season of the year, we will reflect on the Light revealed both in these stories and in our stories, and explore what God’s Spirit might be saying to each of us through them as 2023 begins.
This retreat will be led by The Revd Chris Webb, Deputy Warden of Launde Abbey.
Chris is an Anglican priest and Benedictine new monastic community member. He has ministered as president of a spiritual formation ministry in the USA, as a parish priest in Wales and in a church for the homeless. He 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 6th November 2022.
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.
Please complete this form to request a place on the retreat.
This retreat is now fully booked – please use the form below if you’d like to request a place on our waiting list.
Join us for this five day icon painting course with experienced iconographer, Peter Murphy.
The course takes place in the prayerful and meditative atmosphere of one of the oldest and most beautiful retreat houses in England, which has its own medieval chapel. Over the course of the week, students will learn to gild and paint on a specially prepared wooden panel using traditional medieval techniques and materials.
All materials, including gold leaf and pigments are included in the fee. Each course starts with an Anglican Eucharist, which all course participants are welcome to attend, and there is an opportunity to join in other services if required.
Peter Murphy was born in Leeds and was educated at the University of East London. He trained with iconographer Guillem Ramos Poqui in London. He was Vice Chairman of the Society of Tempera Painters and is a member of the British Association of Iconographers. He has been commissioned by a number of churches in the UK and has also been employed by a number of museums and has recently undertaken three major commissions for Hereford Cathedral. For more information about Peter and his work please visit: petermurphyicons.co.uk
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Exploring the depths of prayer; newly-discovered writings from the seventh century Isaac the Syrian by Andrew Mayes guides this retreat. (Andrew’s book won a first-place prize in the 2022 Catholic Media Association Awards!)
These astonishingly beautiful texts invite us to leave the shallows and plunge into the deep waters of prayer. “There”, says Isaac, “we may discover in the ocean of grace pearls of new insight and fresh intuitions of God.”
This retreat beckons us to relax, enjoy God’s creation and to allow ourselves to sink gently into the beckoning waters of contemplation, where we open our hearts and minds to fresh discoveries of God – and of ourselves.
Andrew Mayes was formerly Spirituality Adviser both to the diocese of Chichester and the diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. He has worked for some years in Jerusalem, and is the author of 12 spirituality books. A Franciscan and Anglican priest, Andrew delights in imagery and metaphor that takes us into the deeper reaches of prayer.
Early bird price: £395 if booked before 5th July 2022. Full price £415.
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Jesus’ journey to towards the cross drew together a complex of threads into a single, striking tapestry: a challenge to the Roman authorities, a provocation of the religious leaders, a self-denying call to his followers, and a cosmic struggle with the powers of evil and darkness. During this retreat we’ll be walking the road to Calvary as we trace the story in the gospels through reflections, prayer, meditation and silent contemplation. And we’ll consider how we can walk in the footsteps of Christ in our own troubled times.
Revd Alison Myers
This retreat will be led by the Warden of Launde Abbey, Alison Myers.
Alison came to Launde Abbey having been a Team Rector in rural ministry in Cambridgeshire. She has crafted and led many reflective services and gatherings using spoken word, music, silence and creative prayer stations. She is also an experienced workshop leader and mentor, combining spirituality and theology with the practical challenges of leadership, team-working and managing change, informed by her working life before she was ordained as well as theological study and lifelong faith. Alison loves praying outdoors, a good cup of coffee, noticing the cycle of the seasons and encouraging a wondering faith. She lives with her family onsite at Launde Abbey.
Retreat price: £425 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, and all retreat resources.
We offer an ‘Early Bird’ price of £405 if you pay in full before 3rd February 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.
Please complete this form to request a place on the retreat.
