As the school year ends, take time to lay everything aside and give it to God; all your planning, preparation, diaries, and strategies. Take a walk and enjoy the peace and space. ReflectionsContinue reading
Tag: Retreat
Retreats and quiet days in and around the Diocese of Gloucester
A Christian retreat is the ideal solution for anyone looking to step out of the routine of a busy life, or simply to take time out to relax, spend timeContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 21 November 2023
A Song of the Wilderness, with words from Isaiah 35, will be used in the coming days and weeks as we move into Advent, and will be part of my prayer as I spend three days at the end of this week on retreat, staying in a hermitage in the grounds of a religious community. It will be my time of ‘going into the desert’ to be with God. I delight in solitude and silence to pray, reflect and dwell in scripture, and I am expectant for God to water those places within me which have become parched.
Message from Bishop Robert, 14 November 2023
Sabbatical has been a blessing: the grace of living at a different pace; the grace of time to connect with friends and family; the grace of having more time to reflect and read; the grace of rest and renewal of faith and calling. I am deeply grateful for the gift of this time and want to express my thanks to you, to Bishop Rachel and colleagues on the Bishops’ Staff Team and all who have made it possible.
Message from Bishop Robert, 14 March 2023
Thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength … (Isaiah 30:15)
I have found myself returning often to these words from the prophet Isaiah over the last few years as a reminder in busy, sometimes anxious, sometimes challenging times that it is in God we are to place our trust and from God our hope and our confidence for all that will be.
Harnhill Centre to reopen for personal retreats
The Harnhill Centre for Christian Healing, near Cirencester, is opening for personal retreats from 5 August. For those in need of a break and some time to relax and reset,Continue reading
