A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Retreat Association Conference 16-19 June 2025
Programme
Monday 16 June
15:00 onwards
Arrivals
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16:00
Tea
17:00
Welcome – Retreat Association Chair of Trustees, Martin Davies
17:10
Opening Reflections – Retreat Association Director, Alison MacTier
17.35
Kindling groups – spaces to gather in groups – session 1
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18:30
Evening meal
20:00
Graham Sparkes: Introduction to the conference theme with Joanne Anderson
21:00
Opening worship – Gaynor & Simon Shaw
Tuesday 17 June
7:30
Early morning prayer & worship options
from 8:00
Breakfast
9:15
Gathering worship – Gaynor & Simon Shaw
9:30
Mark Oakley - ‘As children love the snow’: poetry as faith’s native language
11:00
Coffee
11:30
Kindling groups – session 2
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13:00
Lunch
14:30
16:00
Tea
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Archway (Association of Christian Retreat Houses) meeting: for all those who work in retreat & conference centres to meet with colleagues over drinks
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Opportunity for denominational groups to meet
17:15
Glen Marshall - Light in the Darkness, Meeting God at the Movies
18:30
Evening meal
20:00
Midsummer evening walk/music in the bar
21:00
Night prayer – Gaynor & Simon Shaw
Wednesday 18 June
7:30
Early morning prayer & worship options
from 8:00
Breakfast
9:15
Gathering worship – Gaynor & Simon Shaw
9:30
Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB - True Story Telling is the Story of Life isn't it?
11:00
Coffee
11:30
Kindling groups – session 3
13:00
Lunch
14:30
16:00
Tea​ with opportunity for groups to meet
17:15
Joanne Anderson – Mary Magdalene in Colour
18:30
Evening meal
20:00
Poetry reading – Mark Oakley
21:00
Night prayer – Gaynor & Simon Shaw
Thursday 19 June
7:30
Early morning prayer & worship options
from 8:00
Breakfast
9:15
Panel discussion
10:30
Coffee
11:00
Kindling groups – session 4
12:00
Closing worship
13:00
Lunch and departuress