For information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
We do not exclude anyone based upon their ability to pay. If you would like to participate and need help with costs, please call Joanna Gallant. All calls will be treated confidentially. When making a booking, please let us know of any access requirements.
Pelagos the place to just BE… Quiet Room Step out of the busyness of life into a place of stillness and quiet to relax with a cuppa, read a book or pray in peace. Available by appointment. Tea and coffee provided. Room by donation. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
Pelagos...where you are We are delighted to bring to you:
● Quiet Days for Parishes, Housegroups, Staff Teams etc.
● Open Door Retreats
● Themed Labyrinths e.g.Prayer, Lent, Pentecost, Advent etc.
● Family Service Workshops
● Facilitated PCCDays
● Biblical Study Courses Cost by arrangement. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
Individual Guided Retreat Days
Spend a day in prayerful retreat meeting for 3 sessions with your own personal spiritual guide from 10am - 4pm.
Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee provided. Cost £60. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
Spiritual Direction
People seek this ministry at different points in their lives and for various reasons. It can be a way to: ● Make better sense of your faith journey. ● Find clarity and support at times of significant life choices. ● Respond more deeply to God’s presence and move forward towards wholeness and freedom. The spiritual director offering this ministry will be a person of prayer who makes the commitment to accepting you as you are and where you are. Their role is to support the discernment of God’s activity in your life. Cost from £20. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
FEBRUARY 2010 – APRIL 2010
FEBRUARY
ICES Biblical Studies Course – The Pentateuch
10 Sessions fortnightly Monday evenings. Begins 8thFebruary 8 – 9.30pm. Led by Revd Joanna Gallant.
Interactive Christian Extension Studies provides practical, accredited study courses designed to lay a solid base of theological awareness. Offering the kind of demanding but accessible study that all Christians should consider, the courses provide you with the opportunity to explore the essentials of the Christian faith on your own, yet allow you to meet with others to share your learning.
With each course students receive a comprehensive ICES self study book of around 450 pages.
Only a few places remaining, please book by Feb 5th.
Total Cost £125 including the ICES self study book (worth £45). For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
Lenten Retreat Day Saturday 20th February 10am – 4pm. Led by The Rt Revd Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham.
Begin your lenten journey immersed in the presence of God. Early booking advised, places for this day are limited. Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee provided. Cost £20. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
MARCH
Carmelite Spirituality for Today: Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross Saturday 13th March 10.30am – 4pm. Led by Peter Tyler and Julienne McLean. The morning will look at Carmel and the Desert Tradition, Life and Times of St John of the Cross, St John for Today – Writings and Relevance and in the afternoon The Life of Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle. Peter Tyler is Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Pastoral Theology at St Mary’s University College,Twickenham and author ofThe Way of Ecstasy - Praying with Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross – Outstanding Christian Thinker. Julienne McLean is a consulting psychologist, Jungian analyst and spiritual director who has taught on several Anglican ordination courses and at Sarum College, Salisbury and is author of Towards Mystical Union. Early booking advised, places for this course are limited. Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee provided. Cost £22.50. For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
Wise Leadership Workshop for Church Leaders Friday 19th March 1.30am – 4.30pm. Led by Chris Gothard.
Using excerpts from Bishop Stephen’s inspirational book, ‘Hit the Ground Kneeling: Seeing Leadership Differently’, we will look at the rewards and challenges of leadership. This workshop will allow you to give yourself time and space to think about leadership and how you can refresh yourself in the role. There will be opportunities to talk with others, time for quiet contemplation and journaling.
Your facilitator will be Chris Gothard, Emotional Health & Well-being Consultant, who regularly works with groups of leaders (and other staff) on their resilience and well-being.
‘There is another kind of listening that arises from pausing, from contemplation – listening to your own self'.
Cost £30 For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
APRIL
Wise Leadership Workshop for Head Teachers Friday 30th April 9.30am – 12.30pm. Led by Chris Gothard.
Using excerpts from Bishop Stephen’s inspirational book, ‘Hit the Ground Kneeling: Seeing Leadership Differently’, we will look at the rewards and challenges of leadership. This workshop will allow you to give yourself time and space to think about leadership and how you can refresh yourself in the role. There will be opportunities to talk with others, time for quiet contemplation and journaling.
Your facilitator will be Chris Gothard, Emotional Health & Well-being Consultant, who regularly works with groups of leaders (and other staff) on their resilience and well-being.
‘There is another kind of listening that arises from pausing, from contemplation – listening to your own self'.
Cost £30 For more information or to book, please call: 01494 765586 or email: info@pelagos.co.uk
COMING UP NEXT TERM...
MAY
The Spirituality of St Augustine of Hippo
Thursday May 13th& 20th. 10.00am – 12.30pm. Led by Dr Eddie Howells, Heythrop College. St. Augustine’s Confessions is a great Christian classic. Augustine describes his journey to Christianity in the Roman Empire of the fourth century. He raises questions about where we find God in our experience and what to make of the good as well as the bad in life’s journey. He writes in a way that still remains accessible and engaging today. His autobiography has been more read and studied than any other in our culture for the past sixteen hundred years. It is a life-changing book. In 2 two-hour sessions, we shall draw out some themes for discussion and reflection today.We shall be studying Books I - X. It is recommended that you obtain a copy of the Confessions - there are many editions available e.g., Penguin Classics and Oxford Classics – and start reading, in preparation (though this is not strictly necessary for the course). Total Cost £20
JUNE
The Jesus Prayer Saturday 26thJune 10am – 4pm. Led by Bruce Batstone of The London Centre for Spirituality. The Jesus Prayer is an ancient wisdom that can help us to grow in attentiveness and deepen in our prayer. It is a relevant form of help in a world of so many distractions where the request 'teach me to pray' shows a deepening thirst for things of the Spirit. In a day of practise as well as some background and reflection upon the origins of the Jesus Prayer, Bruce Batstone will attempt to introduce people to this helpful and nourshing discipline, and to encourage those who know the practise well. Bruce Batstone is an Anglican parish priest in Camden Town and St Pancras, and is an Area Adviser for Spiritual Formation in the Diocese of London. Cost £22.50
JULY
A Week of Accompanied Prayer 4th – 9thJuly 10am – 4pm. Led by Alison Hassall, Revd Joanna Gallant and prayer guides.
