RETREAT: Well-women - A Time of Refreshment - SOLD OUT

SHORT COURSE: Well-women - A Time of Refreshment
Friday 1st December from 10am until after lunch on Saturday 2nd of December
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Come and ponder what wells that you are drawing from. Where do you meet with God? Where are you finding refreshment? Are the cisterns dry and cracked? Are you drawing from toxic wells? This is an opportunity to stop and just be.

Well Women is a short break based on Bible stories of women who are challenged or refreshed at wells. It will involve learning, laughter, (hopefully) reflection and relaxation in the beautiful setting of Gladstone's Library - an ideal pre-Christmas break.

The leaders are Liz Shercliff and Kate Bruce, writers, researchers and speakers on Bible women. Their popular book Out of the Shadows: Preaching the Women of the Bible is described by TV vicar Kate Bottley as "important, accessible and comprehensive." The second in the series is due out in early 2024.

Liz Shercliff is based at the Luther King Centre in Manchester where she manages Chaplaincy programmes and teaches biblical studies and ethics. Kate Bruce is a chaplain and dabbles in stand-up comedy.

Programme:

Day One

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Introduction is what we hope this time will give you – time to meet with God, be refreshed, a time of healing and renewal
- By Divine Appointment - matriarchs of faith

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Wells of Healing - Hagar and Rebekah

3.00 Afternoon refreshments

3.30 Time of meditation/reflection

5.30 By the Evening Well - Prayer in Chapel

6.00 Evening dinner

7.30 Evening Entertainment - Quiz

9.30 Night Prayer in Chapel

Day Two

8.30 By the Morning Well - Prayer in Chapel

9.00 Breakfast (please check out at this time)

10.00 Wells of Renewal - the Woman at the Well

11.15 Refreshments

11.45 The Wells We Draw From
1.00 Lunch and departure

Meals are two courses with a cup of tea or filter coffee.

Prices:

Non-resident (day delegate): £183 (£167 with student, clergy or Society of Authors discount)
One person in a room with private (not en suite) bathroom: £223 (£191 with discount)
One person in single en suite: £263 (£215 with discount)
Two people on course sharing a double/twin en suite: £437 (£377 with discount)
Two people in a double/twin en suite room, one person on course: £353 (£327 with discount)