Being with Jesus on the Via Dolorosa For this Holy Week Quiet Day, we will reflect on Jesus' last journey, focussing on his bearing of the cross and our experience of bearing that which must be borne in our lives. We will seek to share imaginatively the journey of Jesus...
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Thursday 9th April 2026 Come and spend the day enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the Holland House gardens. The day will begin at 10am to gather for coffee and then start in the Chapel at 10.30am for thoughts on the theme. There will be a Holy Communion at...
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Description Theme: ‘Lord Reign in Me – Collage’ Psalm 93:1, Psalm 96:10, and Psalm 97:1 All declare that "The Lord reigns," Monday 13th April 2026 Create Art Ministry, offers a time and space in the week, to be still from the busyness of everyday life. At Create we use Christian...
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Encounter Meditation An in-person evening retreat with music, art and silence. An invitation to take an hour out of the busyness of modern life. Facilitated by contemplative practitioners, Mary Flitcroft and Helen Stanton, sessions will start with a piece of live music or artwork followed by a time of reflection,...
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A Modern Church Retreat to be held at Holland House, Worcestershire, 4pm Thursday April 23rd, till after lunch on Saturday, April 25th, 2026. Why do so many of us disqualify ourselves from ‘being theologians’? Is it the Church, the academy, or both, that prevent us from embracing the truth that...
Event Type: Residential
A Modern Church Retreat to be held at Holland House, Worcestershire, 4pm Thursday April 23rd, till after lunch on Saturday, April 25th, 2026. This booking page is for Modern Church members only. For other guests, please book via this link https://hollandhouse.org/product/23rd-apr-2026-a-modern-church-retreat-im-not-a-theologian-but/ Why do so many of us disqualify ourselves from...
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Jeremy Holmes has previously given talks on John Donne, Lord Byron and Shakespeare's Lost Women. In this talk he tells the tale of Ernest Shackleton. When Ernest Shackleton set off to cross the Antarctic for the first time in 1914 he was already a celebrated explorer, but his ship quickly...
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Thursday 7th May 2026 Come and spend the day enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the Holland House gardens. The day will begin at 10am to gather for coffee and then start in the Chapel at 10.30am for thoughts on the theme. There will be a Holy Communion at...
Event Type: Day
Encounter Meditation An in-person evening retreat with music, art and silence. An invitation to take an hour out of the busyness of modern life. Facilitated by contemplative practitioners, Mary Flitcroft and Helen Stanton, sessions will start with a piece of live music or artwork followed by a time of reflection,...
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A Portrait of John Moore - his life and works John Moore is one of Gloucestershire's most well-known writers, writing novels, including A Portrait of Elmbury - a thinly disguised portrait of Tewkesbury and its most notorious inhabitants. Discover more about the man, from birth to legacy with this talk...
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