Creationtide 2024 at Tewkesbury Abbey

Tewkesbury Abbey is celebrating the Season of Creation this autumn with some special events:

Hidden nature trail, 2 September to 20 October

A free family trail around the Abbey.

Wild about the Abbey, 7 September, 10.30am to 12pm

A turn-up and join-in, family friendly, all-age event, exploring the amazing trees around the Abbey with a scavenger hunt, bark rubbing, leaf collages and making pine cone bird feeders.

Sleepers wake book club

Nick Holtham’s book was the Archbishop of York’s’ Advent book for 2022. This is a short book club running from Creationtide to Advent, running in person or online via Zoom. There are four sessions, each book explores a different theme of the book.

9 September – The Writing is on the Wall
14 October – Finding our Place
11 November – Being Human
9 December – What can I bring Him?

To sign up please email Karen Vincent, at moc.l1776615063iamg@1776615063343tn1776615063ecniv1776615063.nera1776615063k1776615063.

Sleepers wake evening lecture with Revd Nick Holtam, 11 September, 7.30pm, Abbey Parish Hall

A lecture by Rt Revd Nick Holtam, formerly lead Church of England Bishop on the Environment, discussing a theological response to the
climate crisis.

Wild worship about the Abbey, 28 September, 10.30am to 12pm, Abbey Grounds, Rose Garden

“And it was good” – a family friendly, all age, interactive act of worship exploring the goodness of creation, with the help of apples.

Harvest festival, 6 October, 9.30am, Tewkesbury Abbey

People are asked to bring donations of non-perishable gifts to this.