This Advent Quiet Day will be led by John Rackley, one of our regular retreat leaders and a member of the Abbey's College of Chaplains. This day offers a gentle pause before the demands of the pre-Christmas season are upon us.
Overwhelmed by life, by love, by a tidal wave of emotions? Please receive this personal invitation from me, Andrew Hall, as we seek to find rest for your soul. A day set aside to catch our breath and infuse our life with the Holy Spirit’s gentle breeze.
In this retreat, led by Rhona Knight, we will be prayerfully and creatively considering the nature of hope and hopeful waiting in the context of advent as, with all of creation, we wait upon God and cry Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus.
This year, we are focussing our Advent Quiet Day on the Jesse Tree. Taking its name from Isaiah 11:1, a Jesse Tree is traditionally a bare branch that holds symbols of people from the Old Testament, Jesus' family tree. We will trace the ancestry of Jesus back through the Old Testament to where it all began in Genesis 1. This quiet day will be led by our Resident Chaplain, Revd Fran Graham.
Our Advent Retreat this year will focus on hope: the hope anticipated by the great saints of the Hebrew Bible, the hope celebrated by the New Testament church, the hope that breaks into our lives like a sunburst through the gloom. Led by Chris Webb.
Join Emily Owen as she leads this retreat, journeying towards Christmas in the calm and peaceful setting of Launde Abbey.
