Renewing Hope in Smaller Churches
11am on Wednesday 15th - after lunch on Friday 17th May 2024
A two-night retreat for clergy and lay leaders from smaller churches. The Church of England has several thousand such churches, but their specific needs and potential are too often overlooked. This retreat will enable participants to explore what it means for hope to be renewed in such contexts.
Find the Programme and book online HERE
Drawing throughout from the Parables of the Kingdom in Matthew 13, themes under consideration will include the significance of prayer beyond Sundays; building and nurturing effective lay teams; growing younger; refreshing established patterns of worship; having the confidence to start small and do one thing well.
This retreat follow’s last year’s fully-booked event at Cuddesdon, Spiritual Renewal in Liturgical Churches. Please note that while there is plenty of time for personal retreat and reflection, there will also be opportunities for discussion and conversation, and we hope participants will be keen to share about, and learn from, one another’s contexts.
Led by Cuddesdon alumnus Revd Dr Christopher Landau, director of ReSource, along with ReSource Ministers Rod and Jan Allon-Smith, who bring both ordained ministry and leadership development experience to the retreat (see Our Team — Resourcing Renewal). We also look forward to welcoming College Principal Bishop Humphrey Southern for an evening session.
(*by which we mean 50 or fewer people at worship – perhaps many fewer! – on a typical Sunday).
£160, includes accommodation and meals