View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 09 Apr 2016 8:00 AM We start with a short reading from the book, Coming To Your Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn followed by 25 minutes of sitting meditation.  The second 30 minutes is an ancient form of contemplative practice called Lectio Divina, literally meaning divine reading. The invitation of Lectio Divina is to cultivate a heart-centred intimacy with the sacred text of the Bible, listening deeply with "the ears of the heart", (St Benedict). Our focus in 2016 will be the ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 06 Apr 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016 7:45 AM On Tuesday mornings we walk a seven circuit labyrinth that is modeled on the 12th Century Labyrinth found in Chartres Cathedral, France. In the last thirty years, walking the labyrinth has re-emerged as a meditative practice and a symbolic image of pilgrimage, not in the geographical sense, but of the journey we each make through life: a journey to the centre, a return to the heart, back to the Spirit who faithfully waits ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 02 Apr 2016 8:00 AM We start with a short reading from the book, Coming To Your Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn followed by 25 minutes of sitting meditation.  The second 30 minutes is an ancient form of contemplative practice called Lectio Divina, literally meaning divine reading. The invitation of Lectio Divina is to cultivate a heart-centred intimacy with the sacred text of the Bible, listening deeply with "the ears of the heart", (St Benedict). Our focus in 2016 will be the ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Tuesday, 19 Jan 2016 7:30 PM Joining this fellowship and study group is a great opportunity to meet fellow spiritual explorers within the Centre for Spirituality and explore one of the great treasures of the Christian Spiritual tradition, ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’ by Henri Nouwen. This book looks at the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, and its radical call to spiritual transformation. Nouwen writes: "The question is not ‘How am I to find God?’ but ‘How am I to let ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 7:45 AM On Tuesday mornings we walk a seven circuit labyrinth that is modeled on the 12th Century Labyrinth found in Chartres Cathedral, France. In the last thirty years, walking the labyrinth has re-emerged as a meditative practice and a symbolic image of pilgrimage, not in the geographical sense, but of the journey we each make through life: a journey to the centre, a return to the heart, back to the Spirit who faithfully waits ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 13 Feb 2016 2:00 PM In this experimental workshop we explore improvisational song and simple chant, alongside gentle gesture and movement. On the spiritual journey there is a profound, sometimes playful relationship between sound and silence, movement and stillness. Revd Philip Roderick leads the workshop using percussion, including the ambient hang drum. Some chants and body prayers will be from the Christian tradition but the workshop is open to people from all faiths and none. No need to read ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 26 Mar 2016 8:00 AM We start with a short reading from the book, Coming To Your Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn followed by 25 minutes of sitting meditation.  The second 30 minutes is an ancient form of contemplative practice called Lectio Divina, literally meaning divine reading. The invitation of Lectio Divina is to cultivate a heart-centred intimacy with the sacred text of the Bible, listening deeply with "the ears of the heart", (St Benedict). Our focus in 2016 will be the ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more