Forthcoming events at Whirlow Spirituality Centre
Join us for a weekend residential retreat at Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire. There will be led reflections, prompts for creative responses and opportunities to share in a small group, as well as times of silence.
Space to Be is a weekly opportunity to meditate in silence. It takes place in the chapel of the Holy Spirit.
Contemplative Dialogue is designed to facilitate a non-threatening, ‘safe place’ for open sharing and discussion. The focus is on listening to ourselves and others, rather than formulating a response to what is being said.
These evenings are for recognised spiritual accompaniers, led by members of our spiritual accompanier community and hosted by Joy Adams, spiritual accompanier and member of the Spiritual Accompanier Referral Group and Wardens Group.
Join our weekly service in the chapel, overseen by volunteer ministers from various Christian denominations
Have you ever wondered what Lectio or Visio Divina means? Is Centering Prayer something you’ve encountered, or just heard about? Do you enjoy Taize chant or other prayerful forms of music?
Space to Reflect is a reflective service led by members of the Whirlow community.
Opportunity to practise, share and learn.
Many are drawn to silent prayer, meditation, centering prayer, contemplation ... for that purpose, we run Praying Without Words via Zoom each month.
Gillian Philips will explore how visual thinking and praying can bring us closer to God. She will introduce the practice of Ekphrasis: an approach to visual art that engages with it using vivid, detailed, even poetic verbal description.
Space to be before God; to relax, reflect and pray and so to renew your spiritual resources. These days are limited to ten people.
Days specifically designed and facilitated to offer maximum quiet and solitude in the peaceful setting of Whirlow Spirituality Centre.
As we head towards the darker days of Winter, and on the eve of the start of Celtic Advent (40 days before Christmas), we will draw inspiration from the Celtic Christian tradition. Using embodied spirituality, stillness and nature we will explore the themes of gestation and incarnation.
Cath Williamson will share a number of poems and photographs of the landscape which inspired the priest and poet R.S. Thomas.
Join us as we meet in the Spirituality Centre lounge (or online if the weather is challenging) in the darkest months of the year to discuss this book by Margaret Silf and explore the spirituality of ageing.
As we approach the Christmas season, many of us are familiar with the idea that God comes to us in Christ. As the well-known carol puts it – ‘O come to us, abide with us, our Lord, Emmanuel’. But what if we stopped to recognise that this isn’t isolated to Christmas but that ‘God’s Coming To Us’ is fundamental to who God is?
Come for a relaxed day in the beautiful surroundings of Whirlow Spirituality Centre offering time and space to simply be before the overload that can sometimes take place in December.
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Andy Locke begins our Third Sunday series by talking about the impact that the painting The Light of the World has on him, and how the music of The Waterboys expresses something of the nature of his relationship to God.
Come for a relaxed day in the beautiful surroundings of Whirlow Spirituality Centre offering time and space to simply be.
This taster day on embodied prayer and spirituality invites you to explore wordless, playful and contemplative practice using your whole being – body, mind and spirit to worship, pray and encounter God.
A weekend retreat in which we can slow down, be present and connect with ourselves, each other, nature and the Divine.
Join Rich Gower and Aaron Shah for an evening of music, poetry, reflection, and discussion exploring the role of Christian contemplation and activism in a world of injustice.
An opportunity to experience prayer and reflection with our minds and bodies, with an invitation to join in gentle movement that is accessible to all.
Come and discover the art of spiritual writing, writing about our spiritual lives and writing from that deep reflective place inside each of us.
Following in the steps of Jesus’ friends and disciples we will gather early in our garden and light a new fire and first candle of Easter in celebration of the resurrection.
You are welcome to the Chapel on Good Friday at 10am as we reflect on the events of that day using the Stations of the Cross as our focus.
On Maundy Thursday evening you are invited to join us as we share a simple meal, retell the story of the final night of Jesus’ earthly life, reflect on its meaning for us today and finally join in a silent vigil as we watch and pray together.
Join us for 6 sessions in Lent as together we reflect on the writings and teachings of different Christian mystics.
An evening of sacred music for the season of Lent
An invitation to enter into a story and wonder (in silence, with words or with objects) about your feelings and what hopeful action may come next. This session is based on the Deep Talk and OutoftheBox principles of play, contemplation and dialogue.
No charge or need to book
Join us for an all-age afternoon together inspired by Charlie Mackesy’s book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse.
A time to bring our day to a quiet close, using a traditional service of compline, and some prayers for Christian Unity.
This will be a time to reflect, using psalms, liturgy, images, a little choral music to listen to, and silence.
Our senses are the pathway to experiencing connection to the world. By developing our sensitivity to listening, seeing and whole body sensation we can more deeply connect with our spiritual essence, our companions and nature.
Join us for a time of reflection and fellowship as we mark the turn of the year.
Join us for a Christmas Day reflective communion service at 9.45am in the chapel. You are welcome to arrive from 9.30am and join others in silence before the service begins. Our communion services allow time and space for reflection and the formal liturgy tends to be kept short.
Join us this Christmas Eve to sing or listen to carols together and enjoy the quiet space of our beautiful, candlelit chapel. Refreshments provided and a warm welcome to all.
Free but please book in order that we can ensure enough chairs and refreshments are available, as this is likely to be a well-attended event.
