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Pools of Grace: The Gift and Call of Contemplative Church

Sarah Bachelard

Leader

Sarah Bachelard

Revd Dr Sarah Bachelard is a theologian and leads the Benedictus Contemplative Church in Canberra, Australia. She studied theology at Oxford with Rowan Williams. She is a leading teacher with the WCCM and gave the John Main Seminar in 2019, A Contemplative Christianity for Our Time (2020, Medio media) which is the title of her most recent book.

A WCCM in the UK and Meditatio Gathering with Rev Dr Sarah Bachelard

Date

Jun 07 - 09 2024

Time

UK
3:00 pm - 3:00 pm

We welcome you to a WCCM in the UK & Meditatio Gathering

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre, 

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; 

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world”. 

From W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming.

W.B. Yeats prophetic words speak to the sense of accelerating anxiety and dislocation that many feel in our world today. We long to find a centre that holds; one that offers not only sanctuary but resistance to the ‘blood-dimmed tide’ that threatens to overwhelm. We long for communities that nurture and seed different possibilities for being, pools of grace from which gifts may flow for all. What might such communities look and feel like? How might they truly engage the needs of our time?

The 2024 UK National Gathering of the WCCM explores these questions with a particular focus on the gift and call of contemplative Christian communities, or contemplative church. The Gathering will be oriented to practice. Those exploring the possibilities of initiating and enabling contemplative forms of church and community may find it of particular relevance. Everyone is welcome.

Venue: Minsteracres Retreat Centre, Consett DH8 9RT

Cost per person: Single £ 275.00 – Double/Twin sharing £ 225.00 – Day attendees £ 95.00

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Sarah Bachelard

Leader

Sarah Bachelard

Revd Dr Sarah Bachelard is a theologian and leads the Benedictus Contemplative Church in Canberra, Australia. She studied theology at Oxford with Rowan Williams. She is a leading teacher with the WCCM and gave the John Main Seminar in 2019, A Contemplative Christianity for Our Time (2020, Medio media) which is the title of her most recent book.

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