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Since the Retreat Association suggested setting aside the third Saturday in June each year as an annual Quiet Day, the idea has grown. In towns, cities and villages around the UK groups of Christians from many denominations gather together to hold a variety of Quiet Days. Many of these days are organised by Councils of Churches and are open to all comers.
Each event is different, but all will have the same purpose - to help people, particularly those for whom this is a new experience, appreciate the opportunity to be still and enjoy the benefits that stillness brings. In quietness people can become aware of the presence of God in their lives.
This year we are particularly encouraging people on the Friday to find a way to Stop! in the name of God in the workplace. We would encourage those working as industrial chaplains, chaplains in shopping malls, airports, schools, colleges and hospitals; together with those responsible for City and Town Centre churches to think about how they might approach this.
Amidst the noise and pace of workers, shoppers, taxis, tourists, beggars, road works, buses, police sirens, speeding ambulances etc. one can often still hear the chime of a church clock or tolling bell. Could there be here a call to another way of being in the midst of all the rushing energy of contemporary city living?
Some suggestions might be:-
The possibilities are endless and we would encourage you to risk and dare to enable people to reach out to what they long to find and which is so elusive in the daily round of busy life.
It is a very special ministry to help people to find their 'thin place' connection with the Divine in the ordinary and everyday.