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Program of Stillpoint Events 2010Download brochure containing Stillpoint 2010 events here. Click on the following links to find out about Stillpoint Spirituality Centre and Faith Community events for 2010. Brochures with further details of costs and registration for all events will become available in due course. Please contact us for further information.
CALENDAR OF CURRENTLY SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR 20108 JUNE – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 6 JULY – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 31 JULY - BENEDICTINE DAY: Saturday spent in the rhythm of a Benedictine community. Registration required. Cost: $10. 19, 26 JULY, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August & 6 September – REFLECTION GROUP: Mondays. Based on the writings of Thomas Merton. Second study series: further information available closer to time. 7pm – 8.30pm. At Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. 10 AUGUST – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 3 – 5 SEPTEMBER – RESIDENTIAL RETREAT: “A Weekend with the Poets and Mystics”. From Friday night to Sunday night. Led by Ann Siddall. Held at Nunyara Conference Centre and Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. 14 SEPTEMBER – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 12 OCTOBER – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 16 OCTOBER - BENEDICTINE DAY: Saturday spent in the rhythm of a Benedictine community. 18, 25 OCTOBER, 1, 8 & 15 NOVEMBER – TAKE FIVE GROUP: “All Creation Groaning in Travail – Women Mystics Doing Justice”. Led by Rev Alan Biglow, 1pm – 3pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. Cost: $60 / Concession $50. Groups limited to 12 participants – registration is essential. 16 NOVEMBER – BE STILL AND KNOW: Tuesday monthly prayer and reflection gathering 1pm – 2.45pm at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. No registration required - all welcome. Gold coin donation. 26 NOVEMBER – ADVENT RETREAT DAY: “As Breezes Flapped Their Wings - Angelic Encounters in Advent”. Friday self-led retreat, 9.30am – 4pm, using material prepared by Rev Alan Biglow. Spiritual direction available if requested at time of booking. Up to six participants per day. $25 full day: $15 half day. 2 DECEMBER – ADVENT RETREAT DAY: “As Breezes Flapped Their Wings - Angelic Encounters in Advent”. Thursday self-led retreat, 9.30am – 4pm, using material prepared by Rev Alan Biglow. Spiritual direction available if requested at time of booking. Up to six participants per day. $25 full day: $15 half day. 11 DECEMBER – ADVENT RETREAT DAY: “As Breezes Flapped Their Wings - Angelic Encounters in Advent”. Saturday self-led retreat, 9.30am – 4pm, using material prepared by Rev Alan Biglow. Spiritual direction available if requested at time of booking. Up to six participants per day. $25 full day: $15 half day. LENT RETREATSAt Ceduna, Saturday 20 February (Leader: Lynona Hawkins) RESIDENTIAL RETREATS1) "Sacred Rhythm: praying the hours" ~ 23rd - 27th May 2010 (Sunday to Thursday) Biblical accounts of the life of the early Church describe the practice of praying at 9am, noon and 3pm. Over the centuries monastic communities have added more prayers for particular hours. To join in prayer at these hours is to enter into an unceasing stream of prayer rising from around the world, and to enter a tradition that has been sustained for centuries. We invite you to discover the wisdom of this tradition for 21st century Christians, and how it helps us to balance our lives with a gentle rhythm of work, rest and prayer. Includes times of silence, prayer, reflections. (Leaders: Rev Gary Stuckey and Ann Siddall) Cost $420 / $370 concession, covers cost of meals, accommodation, spiritual direction and materials. Deadline for registrations is 12th May 2010. 2) “A Weekend with the Poets and Mystics” ~ 3rd - 5th September (Fri night to Sun lunch) For centuries poets and mystics have dared to experience life deeply, and have written about it with imagination and creativity. This weekend retreat will invite you into a contemplative space with selected readings and poems which invite a deeper way of seeing. It will be an unhurried time, moving from prayer to quietness, from worship to walking, from private contemplation to group conversation. We will take time to savour the work of people like Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Mary Oliver, David Whyte and R.S. Thomas. (Retreat Leader: Ann Siddall) Cost $420 / $370 concession, covers cost of meals, accommodation and materials. Deadline for registrations is 19th August 2010. TRANSITION RETREATThis is available at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre on request as a personal or small group retreat for people in transition (ministers, people relocating, retiring, grieving or journeying through endings and beginnings of various kinds). Three experienced retreat leaders available. Room, leadership and material: $80. Room and material only: $40. PERSONAL OR SMALL GROUP RETREATS AT STILLPOINT SPIRITUALITY CENTREWe have two quiet rooms (maximum numbers 15) where you can reflect and pray privately (material, spiritual direction, and facilitation available on request). For individuals, ministry teams, small groups. ADVENT RETREAT DAYS"As Breezes Flapped Their Wings - Angelic Encounters in Advent”. AT HOME RETREAT ~ “FINDING THE STILLPOINTS”Making a retreat is an opportunity to take a long, slow look at our lives, in the presence of God. Here at Stillpoint we wish to offer people the opportunity for retreat and a deepening of prayer and contemplation, wherever they are, so we have created a retreat that can be e-mailed over a five or ten day period of time. Once you register your interest in making such a retreat we will contact you by phone or e-mail to negotiate a commencement time.*The retreat may also be purchased as a package, including a Guide for Leaders, and used for a day retreat for a group or congregation at a time of your choosing. Cost: Personal retreat—$45 (concession $35); Personal retreat with Spiritual direction—$60 (concession $50); Group Retreat Pack with Leaders’ Guide (we suggest you ask for a contribution of $5-$10 per person for this) for congregations of: 10 to 100 people - $60, 101-150 people - $80, over 150 people - $120. TAKE FIVE GROUPS at Stillpoint Centre“Creating the Space”, led by artist Beth Chandler (Dates & Cost: TBA) SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS’ FORMATION PROGRAMA three year formation program run by a team from the Ecumenical Spiritual Directors’ Association (S.A.) for people called to the ministry of companioning others in their spiritual journey: begins May 2010 (annual intake). Twelve places available: participation via an application process. Closing date for applications is February 5. Sessions: May 6 - 8, August 26 - 28, November 11 - 13. Contact the Stillpoint Centre for more information. BE STILL AND KNOWA monthly gathering for prayer and reflection at the Stillpoint Spirituality Centre. Held Tuesdays 1pm - 2.45pm. No registration required. All welcome. Gold coin donation. Dates: February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 6, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 16. A CENTRING PRAYER GROUPCentring Prayer is an approach to prayer that comes from the ancient Christian tradition. It brings us into the presence of God and nurtures a contemplative attitude and approach to life. Centring Prayer can benefit all those who aspire to a deeper spiritual life. REFLECTION GROUPSBased on the writings of Thomas Merton: Held at Stillpoint Spirituality Centre, Mondays 7pm - 8.30pm.
BENEDICTINE DAYSA Saturday spent in the rhythm of a Benedictine monastic day, structured around prayer, Sacred reading, meditation and work (within a person's ability). The aim of the day is to enrich our life with God and experience the monastic life as a guide for living. Limited to 12 participants. Cost: $10. Four occasions: 30 January, 10 April, 31 July, 16 October. SPIRITUAL DIRECTIONWe are members of the Ecumenical Spiritual Directors’ Association (S.A.) and offer accompaniment for your spiritual journey. Bookings are essential. Please note that availability fluctuates from time to time because of the high number of requests and the reasonably small membership of this group. New training programs are in place and should result in greater availability in a year or so. STILLPOINT ON THE ROADStillpoint is committed to resourcing congregations and is able to offer a limited number of opportunities each year for retreats and workshops in country or metropolitan churches. Themes can range from a general retreat to give people “time out” for spiritual refreshment, retreats on particular themes (e.g. seasons of the church’s year); workshops on prayer, spiritual growth in congregations, discernment, intercession, living contemplatively, spiritual practices and so on. Talk to us about your needs. MID-WEEK MEDITATIONAt 11.30am on Tuesdays we gather in the Lounge to say Office of Sext together followed by a time of Meditation. All are welcome to join us and stay on for Holy Communion if you wish.
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