Healing Steps - Summer 2011

Garden News
Calendar of Events
The grounds are very colourful as I put
this magazine together. By the time you
receive your copy, the Centre will be
adorned with flowers all around.
Desmond and Cliff
have been very busy
throughout the spring.
Desmond has been
busy planting up hanging
baskets and mangers.
The polytunnel has
been nurturing seed
trays which have
been planted up with
Cosmos, Morning Glory, Black Eyed Susie’s
and Nasturtium.
During early spring, plenty of deadheading,
hedge trimming and strimming was being
carried out, which I caught Desmond in the
process of doing (see above picture!)
And from Cliff
We may not have had
the April showers which
help the flowers that
bloom in May, but grass
and weeds still grow
to give Desmond and I
never ending work!
Many flowers now abound to give the grounds
a carpet of colour and along with the pots,
hanging baskets and plants still to come, the
grounds will be pleasing on the eye to all our
visitors.
Working here is certainly a joy!
The Wisteria was at its very best during the Easter Retreat
The Rhododendron near the pond was in full bloom
Beautiful Bluebells
June
1 Creative day of music and art
3 - 5 Healing Retreat
11 Guided Quiet Day
18 Teaching Day -
Prayer Ministry Training
22 - 25 Ordination Retreat for Rochester
Diocese
July
2 Teaching Day:
Creative tools for the Healing Ministry
6 Guided Quiet Day
8 - 11 Wholeness through Christ course
13 Teaching Day – Thinking the Jesus way
16 Thanksgiving Day
19 - 24 Prayer and Painting Week
29 - 31 Healing Retreat Weekend
August
3 Guided Quiet Day
9-12 Be Creative – an informal midweek
retreat.
26-28 Healing Retreat Weekend
Tuesday 9th to
Friday 12th August
Be Creative
These few days offer different
creative ways to explore your
situation and your relationship
with God, through creative
writing, art and collage, looking
at nature and giving your
imagination free reign (£210).
Our programme is full and varied;
below are some retreats that may be
of interest to you:
Wednesday 13th July
Teaching Day: Thinking the Jesus Way
A day designed to enable individuals to
understand themselves and others better
in order to bring healing within the body
of Christ (£22).
Tuesday 19th to Sunday 24th July
Prayer and Painting Week
Come and enjoy a few days painting
or drawing under the expert tuition of
our resident artist. This course is for
beginners or those more advanced, and
includes time for worship and prayer. A
creative experience for all (£370).
ADVANCE NOTICE
Monday 10th to Friday 14th October
A gentle but powerful week of music and
teaching from Marilyn Baker and Tracy
Williamson (£350). These weeks are
always very popular so don’t leave it too
long to book!
The art room backs
onto the grounds
and when the
weather is nice,
you can sit and
paint outside, listen
to the bird song
and take in the
beautiful scenery as
you paint or draw.
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