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Next Meeting is Tuesday 13th January, 12-5pm

After this meeting we will get back into the rhythm of our usual 1st Tuesday of each month (excluding August) 12-5pm

3rd February

3rd March

7th April

We will paint using egg tempera and pigment. We are not experts, just faithful people painting with faith.

Pigments provided. Participants can either paint on an A4 mount board at no extra charge or purchase an Ampersand Clayboard or a gessoed panel on the day (please bring cash for this - depending on board and size you choose the cost will be between £5 - £50).

Cost is £5 per session. Plenty of tea and coffee and the occasional cake!

Bring a fresh egg! and an apron.

Coming Soon

20th November from 6.00pm

At Silent Book Group there's no assigned reading. We gather to read our own books together.

All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction.

Welcome to introvert happy hour!

6:00-6:30pm - Arrive, buy a drink/snack (or bring your own), share what you're reading
6:30-7:30pm - Quiet reading hour

Bring a camping chair for outside, or a cushion for inside.

Free event

Thursday 4th December

10.00am for coffee

10.30 Morning Prayer

We hope to finish around 1.00pm

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We begin with Celtic Morning Prayer.

The theme for this morning is the Cristina Rosetti Carol ‘In a Bleak Midwinter’

We consider how slow living & slow crafting can help us to reflect on Advent as we wait for the Christ Child.

During the morning we will have Advent readings and poems.

The Stamp Studio is a large selection of stamps and ink pads selected from The English Stamp Company and Noolibird Stamps.

The Stamp Studio will offer a selection of Christmas and winter themed stamps to help us create an Advent journal or Commonplace Book to use through the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Coffee (and hopefully cake!) is provided along with all materials.

No journaling or crafting experience is necessary, just bring an open mind and an expectation to have fun and meet new friends.

We ask for a donation for this retreat morning in order to cover our costs.

Maximum participants is 15.

Please RSVP to book.

Thursday 11th December

10.00am for coffee

10.30 Morning Prayer

We hope to finish around 1.00pm

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We begin with Morning Prayer.

The theme of this morning is the carol ‘It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'’

Today we continue our slow living and slow crafting pausing to appreciate the wonder of Jesus’ birth and look forward to the bright future with him in our midst.

This week we will stamp into clay to produce Christmas tree decorations.

We will also continue to develop the Advent journal we started last week. A resource to continue long into Christmastide.

Coffee/tea and cake is provided along with all of the materials.

We ask for a donation for this retreat morning in order to cover our costs.

Maximum participants is 15.

Please RSVP to book.

Thursday 18th December

10.00am for coffee

10.30 Morning Prayer

We hope to finish around 1.00pm

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We begin with Celtic Morning Prayer.

The theme for this morning is the Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.

We should now have a good understanding of slow living & slow crafting and how it can help us to reflect as we get ever closer to the birth of the Christ Child.

During the morning we will have readings and poems and ponder on the angelic proclamation of Jesus’ birth and the powerful celebration that that will bring to the earth.

Today we spend time completing the Christmas tree decorations which we made in clay last week, they will have dried and be ready to be painted, glazed and finished off.

Coffee (and cake!) is provided along with all materials.

No journaling or crafting experience is necessary, just bring an open mind and an expectation to have fun and meet new friends.

We ask for a donation for this retreat morning in order to cover our costs.

Maximum participants is 15.

Please RSVP to book.