OUR PROGRAMME FOR 2009/2010

PRICES ARE  PER PERSON & ARE INCLUSIVE OF

ACCOMMODATION, MEALS & REFRESHMENTS WHERE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DAY/COURSE

 

Thursday 17th December

10.00am – 4.00pm

 

Quiet Day

 

 

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

 

 

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

Thursday 14th January

10.00am – 4.00pm

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will include an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

 

Fri 5th – Sun 7th February

 

   ‘Learning to Listen’

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

Effective listening for everyday life

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday

 

During this course we will explore three aspects of listening:

Listening to Others

Listening to Ourselves

Listening to God

Each session will include teaching, discussion times and opportunities to practise listening.  You will be invited to share from your own personal experience as you choose.

 

The course aims to develop:

        an awareness of good listening , the skills of active listening

an understanding of how such skills can be effective in everyday life at home, at work and at church

 

£150

 

Thursday

 11th  February

10.00am – 4.00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri 12th -Sun 14th February

 

Quiet Day

 

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

In February the theme is ‘Praying the Names of Jesus’

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea

 

 

 

Ignatian Retreat-A Silent Retreat

Led by members of the Ignatian Team

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing mid-afternoon on Sunday.

How can I listen to and hear God speak in my everyday life?

This weekend offers a time to step aside from our everyday routines to be still in God’s presence.  The weekend is underpinned with Ignatian insights into prayer and our relationship with God.

Each person meets twice or three times with a retreat Guide.  The rest of the weekend is spent reflecting on one’s own life circumstances in the light of Bible reading.  We keep silence from late Friday evening until the Communion service on Sunday, apart from your own times with your retreat guide.  We do this to enable everyone to have space to relax and reflect -to meet God in their own way, and at their own pace.

 Silence is a way of respecting the “space” of each other. 

Silence is also a gift we give to one another and can help us each to discover what God is “singing” to us individually, at this time in our lives.

 

“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

 Zeph 3.17

 

Come expecting that God will speak!

 

 

 

£30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£160

Thursday 18th February

10.00 am-4.00 pm

‘A Time to Dream’

 – A workshop exploring how dreams work

Led by Revd Dr Russ Parker – Author of ‘Healing Dreams’

Dreams have fascinated us for over four thousand years according to the existing records.  At heart, we believe that they contain some insight or illumination about our lives.  We believe that they may have some message that is important for us to hear if we are going to move on with a more wholesome life.  This is a Christian Day Conference which will explore what the scriptures teach us about dreams, how they are a mixture of our own questing and God’s intervention into our circumstances with visions.  Imagine the Christmas story if all the dreamers had ignored their dream message!   Joseph would not have married Mary nor called her son Jesus and the wise men would have given Herod the postal address of the Messiah.  This Day will teach you how to understand the way in which dreams work and how to arrive at the right interpretation and then choose the proper actions in order to follow your dream message.

 To include morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea

£30

 

Thursday 11th March

10.00 am-4.00 pm

 

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will include an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

£30

 

Fri 12th – Sun 14th March

Journey into Healing

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing late afternoon on Sunday.

 

Are you feeling stuck in your personal or spiritual life?   Do you want to look at how you relate to others?  Are you out of touch with a part of yourself? Then this could be for you!   The weekend is designed to help us to be open to ourselves, to each other and to the healing work of the Holy Spirit for growth and healing.  

 Led by The Journey into Healing Team

All leaders have training in psychotherapy.  

More information is available on the website: www.journeyintohealing.co.uk

Please contact the office at Whitehill Chase

for an application and booking form

 

 

£180

Wednesday 17th March

10.00 am-4.00 pm

Importance of Listening and Prayer Ministry     

 Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

Bringing together the listening and healing aspects of Acorn's ministry. 

For anyone involved in Prayer Ministry

To include morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea.

 

£30

Fri 26th – Sun 28th March

 ‘Time to Listen’

 

~ Listening to the Sick; Listening to the Elderly;

Listening to the Depressed

 

Led by John and Gill Jacobs

                                               

                       

 

                Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday.

 

 

All participants must have completed at least the Learning to Listen Course.

 

During this course we will be:

 

 Familiarising ourselves with the Christian Listening approach covered during

 ‘Learning to Listen’.

 

We will focus particularly on increasing understanding of the process of aging, the effects of sickness and the experience of depression.

 

We will also be considering how Christian Listening can bring help and hope to those who are struggling with sickness, depression or aging.

 

 

This course will provide opportunity to practise listening skills acquired on either the Learning to Listen or Called to Listen course.

 

 

 

£150

Friday 2nd April

10.00 am-4.00 pm

                        Good Friday Quiet Day                              

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

In April the theme is ‘Journey to the Cross’

 

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

Fri 23rd – Sun 25th April

 

‘Called to Listen’ Part 1

Led by members of the CL Team (To include Course Notes)

 

This intensive course has been added to the Acorn Programme for those who find it difficult to attend the week long course being held at Whitehill Chase

 in October 2010.

 

The inclusive fully residential price for both weekends is £345.00

Part 2 ~ 21-23 May 2010

 

The course will be based over 2 weekends in April and May.

(Attendance of both weekends is mandatory)

 

Called to Listen is Acorn’s advanced course for those who feel called to develop their listening skills. All candidates must have completed ‘Learning to Listen’.

This 12 session course builds on the experience of the previous course and teaches further listening skills using the mirroring method as a foundation. It also invites participants to listen carefully to themselves as part of their growth in wholeness, and to listen to God in a variety of ways.

Areas covered in this course include:

 

The journey of life                          The work of listening & our own resources      Listening to the whole person           Listening to feelings           

Listening to myself                                            Listening to God

Qualities in the Listener                   Living with & listening to stress                    Listening to loss & change                 Becoming a Christian Listener     

Good practice in listening                Listening & other resources

 

Is this for me?  Yes, if you

 

·          have found your previous Acorn Listening training helpful and useful in your

  ministry

·          respect others, are non-judgemental, and can keep confidences

·          are open to learn from suffering and can enter the sufferings of others in a

        mature way

·          know your own need for training and supervision and your own limits of                                                                                  competence and are willing to work in cooperation with others

·          have some ideas as to how you will use it

 

£345

 

Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th April

Going Deeper……With Dreams

 

 

Led by Revd Dr Russ Parker

Starting late Tuesday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Thursday.

 

This will be a workshop style conference for those who have

already attended ‘A Time to Dream’

led by Revd Dr Russ Parker.

This conference will explore ways of working

with dreams using role play and psycho drama.

We will also look at praying with our dreams in order to hear

the voice of God more clearly.

 

£150

Thursday 6th May

10.00 am-4.00 pm

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will include an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

Fri 7th – Sun 9th May

Ignatian Retreat-A Silent Retreat

Led by members of the Ignatian Team

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing mid-afternoon on Sunday.

How can I listen to and hear God speak in my everyday life?

This weekend offers a time to step aside from our everyday routines to be still in God’s presence.  The weekend is underpinned with Ignatian insights into prayer and our relationship with God.

Each person meets twice or three times with a retreat Guide.  The rest of the weekend is spent reflecting on one’s own life circumstances in the light of Bible reading.  We keep silence from late Friday evening until the Communion service on Sunday, apart from your own times with your retreat guide.  We do this to enable everyone to have space to relax and reflect -to meet God in their own way, and at their own pace.

 Silence is a way of respecting the “space” of each other. 

Silence is also a gift we give to one another and can help us each to discover what God is “singing” to us individually, at this time in our lives.

 

“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

 Zeph 3.17

 

Come expecting that God will speak!

 

£160

Fri 14th – Sun 16th May

 

‘Learning to Listen’

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

Effective listening for everyday life

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday

 

During this course we will explore three aspects of listening:

Listening to Others

Listening to Ourselves

Listening to God

Each session will include teaching, discussion times and opportunities to practise listening.  You will be invited to share from your own personal experience as you choose.

 

The course aims to develop:

        an awareness of good listening , the skills of active listening

an understanding of how such skills can be effective in everyday life at home, at work and at church

 

£150

 

Fri 21st – Sun 23rd May

 

‘Called to Listen’     Part 2

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

(To include Course Notes)

 

This intensive course has been added to the Acorn Programme for those who find it difficult to attend the week long course being held at Whitehill Chase in October 2010.

 

(Attendance of both weekends is mandatory)

(For further details please see ‘Called to Listen’ Part 1  23rd – 25th April 2010)

 

 

 

Fri 4th - Sun 6th June

 

Healing Life’s Hurts

Led by Jennifer Rees-Larcombe

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday.

 

Is there hope for lives broken by adversity, suffering, rejection and disappointment?

From personal experience Jennifer Rees Larcombe believes that there is.

During this weekend we will be exploring the ways in which we can receive fresh hope and the quality of life promised by Jesus.

 

 

£150

 

Thursday 10th June

10.00 am-4.00 pm

Quiet Day

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

In June the theme is ‘Fear Not’

 

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri 11th – Sat 12th June

 Men’s Retreat ~

Believe it or not, men can listen!’

 

Led by Revd Andrew Bradley & Revd Andy Heber

 

 Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing late Saturday afternoon

 

A time of fun, relaxation, learning and discussion around how the male of the species can use his ears productively. 

 

Sorry - no women allowed this time round!

 

 

£75

Thursday 24th June

10.00am – 4.00pm

 

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will include an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

 

Fri 25th – 27th June

Who do you think you are?  

 

~ A creative retreat exploring the theme of personal calling,

as we seek to discover God's unique intention for our lives

 

                 Led by Marie Calvert & Joy Taylor

 

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday.

 

Each one of us has a special contribution to offer the world, and a way of being and doing that is uniquely ours.

Often the terms 'calling' or 'vocation' are mistakenly assumed to only refer to those in official religious ministries, whereas God's calling is for all of us, whatever our age or stage of life.

During this retreat we  will use creative approaches to explore the nature of God's unique calling on our lives, and consider how we might respond with courage and integrity

 

£150

Mon 5th – Tues 6th July

24 Hour ~ Holy Time

 

Starting 9am Monday - 9am Tuesday

A quiet time for anyone who wants to come on a pilgrim journey of the heart where silence and space is offered to help you

 spend time with God.

 

Please contact the office for further details.

 

 

Thursday 9th September

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri 10th – Sun 12th September

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will include an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

‘Learning to Listen’

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

Effective listening for everyday life

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday

 

During this course we will explore three aspects of listening:

Listening to Others

Listening to Ourselves

Listening to God

Each session will include teaching, discussion times and opportunities to practise listening.  You will be invited to share from your own personal experience as you choose.

 

The course aims to develop:

        an awareness of good listening , the skills of active listening

an understanding of how such skills can be effective in everyday life at home, at work and at church

 

 

£30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£150

 

Fri 24th – Sun 26th September

Ignatian Retreat-A Silent Retreat

Led by members of the Ignatian Team

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing mid-afternoon on Sunday.

How can I listen to and hear God speak in my everyday life?

This weekend offers a time to step aside from our everyday routines to be still in God’s presence.  The weekend is underpinned with Ignatian insights into prayer and our relationship with God.

Each person meets twice or three times with a retreat Guide.  The rest of the weekend is spent reflecting on one’s own life circumstances in the light of Bible reading.  We keep silence from late Friday evening until the Communion service on Sunday, apart from your own times with your retreat guide.  We do this to enable everyone to have space to relax and reflect -to meet God in their own way, and at their own pace.

 Silence is a way of respecting the “space” of each other. 

Silence is also a gift we give to one another and can help us each to discover what God is “singing” to us individually, at this time in our lives.

 

“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

 Zeph 3.17

 

Come expecting that God will speak!

 

£160

 

 

 

 

Sun 3rd – Sat 9th October

‘Called to Listen’

Led by members of the CL Team (To include Course Notes)

Called to Listen is Acorn’s advanced course for those who feel called to develop their listening skills. All candidates must have completed ‘Learning to Listen’.

This 12 session course builds on the experience of the previous course and teaches further listening skills using the mirroring method as a foundation. It also invites participants to listen carefully to themselves as part of their growth in wholeness, and to listen to God in a variety of ways.

Areas covered in this course include:

 

The journey of life                          The work of listening & our own resources      Listening to the whole person           Listening to feelings           

Listening to myself                                            Listening to God

Qualities in the Listener                   Living with & listening to stress                    Listening to loss & change                 Becoming a Christian Listener     

Good practice in listening                Listening & other resources

 

Is this for me?  Yes, if you

 

·          have found your previous Acorn Listening training helpful and useful in your

  ministry

·          respect others, are non-judgemental, and can keep confidences

·          are open to learn from suffering and can enter the sufferings of others in a

        mature way

·          know your own need for training and supervision and your own limits of                                                                                  competence and are willing to work in cooperation with others

·          have some ideas as to how you will use it

 

£415

Wednesday 13th October

10.00 am-4.00 pm

Importance of Listening & Prayer Ministry

 

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

 

Bringing together the listening and healing aspects of Acorn’s ministry.

 

For anyone involved in Prayer Ministry

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

£30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 14th October

10.00 am-4.00 pm

 

                      Quiet Day                           

 

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

In October the theme is ‘Christ the Living Water’

 

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

 

£30

Fri 22nd – Sun 24th October

‘Time to Listen’

 

           Listening to Change: Bereavement and Loss,                         Teenage years           

Led by members of the Christian Listener Team

 

                                               

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday.

 

All participants must have completed at least the Learning to Listen Course.

 

          During this course we will be considering:

 

How change affects us all and how our reactions to change may differ from other people’s.

 

We will focus particularly on areas of change associated with listening to those whose lives are changing through Bereavement and Loss and listening to Young People

going through Teenage years.

This course will provide opportunity to practise listening skills acquired on either

the Learning to Listen or Called to Listen course.

 

(Topics to  be confirmed ~ please contact the office for further information)

 

£150

Fri 29th – Sun 31st  October

Generational Healing

Led by Revd Dr Russ Parker

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday.

 

During this weekend we will be exploring:

 

                                          Understanding generational sins and wounds

                          The powers that shape family stories

                          Putting together a family tree genogram

                          The Bible and the departed

                          Carrying the wounds of the departed

                          Healing your family tree through Communion

 

£150

Wednesday 3rd November

‘A Time to Dream’

 – A workshop exploring how dreams work

Led by Revd Dr Russ Parker – Author of ‘Healing Dreams’

Dreams have fascinated us for over four thousand years according to the existing records.  At heart, we believe that they contain some insight or illumination about our lives.  We believe that they may have some message that is important for us to hear if we are going to move on with a more wholesome life.  This is a Christian Day Conference which will explore what the scriptures teach us about dreams, how they are a mixture of our own questing and God’s intervention into our circumstances with visions.  Imagine the Christmas story if all the dreamers had ignored their dream message!   Joseph would not have married Mary nor called her son Jesus and the wise men would have given Herod the postal address of the Messiah.  This Day will teach you how to understand the way in which dreams work and how to arrive at the right interpretation and then choose the proper actions in order to follow your dream message.

 To include morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea

£30

Thursday 11th November

Deeper Healing Day

Led by members of the Acorn Team

 

How are you today?

 

Every once in a while we all need a time and a place to stop, to turn aside and find the loving touch of God which we all need.

 

If this is you then a ‘Deeper Healing Day’ is just what you need.

 

We will do our best to create a safe place, a quiet place, a place to assist you on your own healing journey.

 

Our team have received prayer ministry training in many areas, including anxiety, depression, bereavement and stress.

 

The day will comprise an introductory talk on inner healing followed by a combination of receiving individual prayers from members of the Acorn Team, a time for quiet reflection and a concluding communion service with the laying on of hands for healing.

 

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

£30 

Fri 12th – Sun 14th November

 

Practical Healing Training Weekend

Led by Revd Elizabeth Knifton and Acorn Team

 

This weekend is open to all and will benefit

 anyone who wants to learn about

the Healing Ministry or go deeper. 

We will endeavour to cover topics

that you will find helpful.

In order to facilitate this, it would be helpful

 to know your experience.

 

During the weekend we will cover:

 

Theology of Healing in depth

Prayer Ministry

Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Listening to God, ourselves and others

Questions on Complimentary Therapies

Further Group Work

£150

 

Fri 3rd – Sun 5th December

Ignatian Retreat-A Silent Retreat

Led by members of the Ignatian Team

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing mid-afternoon on Sunday.

This weekend offers a time to step aside from our everyday routines to be still in God’s presence.  The weekend is underpinned with Ignatian insights into prayer and our relationship with God.

Each person meets twice or three times with a retreat Guide.  The rest of the weekend is spent reflecting on one’s own life circumstances in the light of Bible reading.  We keep silence from late Friday evening until the Communion service on Sunday, apart from your own times with your retreat guide.  We do this to enable everyone to have space to relax and reflect -to meet God in their own way, and at their own pace.

 Silence is a way of respecting the “space” of each other. 

Silence is also a gift we give to one another and can help us each to discover what God is “singing” to us individually, at this time in our lives.

 

“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

 Zeph 3.17

 

Come expecting that God will speak!

 

£160

 

Fri 10th – Sun 12th December

                    ‘A Weekend of Healing Prayer’                    

and the chance to draw closer to Jesus before the rush of Christmas.     Led by Jennifer Rees-Larcombe  

Starting late Friday afternoon and finishing after lunch on Sunday

 During this weekend Jennifer Rees-Larcombe will be leading some meditations to help us prepare our hearts for the coming Christ.

 

£150

Thursday 16th December

10.00am – 4.00pm

Quiet Day

 

 

A Quiet Day is an opportunity to come aside and allow God to minister through His Holy Spirit.

 

Each Quiet Day has a theme and includes three Devotional Talks and a midday service with the opportunity for personal prayer and reflection.

In December the theme is ‘Journey to the Stable.’

Ministry will be available during the day from a Team Member.

 

To include morning coffee, lunch & afternoon tea.

£30