Personal & Spiritual Growth - Wednesdays
Led by: Jo Eaton, Mary Watson and Brenda McGinn
Applications are invited for...
September 2012 - July 2013 (leaflet
for 2011-12)
A one year ecumenical course, held in a contemplative environment, leading to a deeper awareness of God, self and others. Read a description of the 2004-5 course from a member of that year's group HERE.
Course Content: Two topics per term:
- Praying
- Listening
- Spiritual conversation
- Discernment
- Human being-spiritual being
- Images of God and self
The Course is for those:
- exploring themselves and their relationship with God and others;
- in Ministry of any kind;
- interested in deepening their spiritual life;
- who can commit themselves to full attendance (Previous participants don’t want it to end!).
This is not a ‘how-to’ Course. The topics are explored
in small groups - with facilitated input - but mostly from the spirit,
wisdom and experience of the members of the group using a ‘creative
listening’ method.
Every session starts with an experience of prayer.
Participants summarise their exploration of each topic in a short essay.
Leaders:
Jo Eaton has worked in the Health Service and Hospices as a clinician, manager and counsellor. Trained at Worth and the London Centre for Spirituality, where she has assisted the staff teaching team, she now offers spiritual direction and supervision in Sussex and London. She has been a facilitator of the Personal and Spiritual Growth Course for the last 5 years. Jo is an Anglican.
Mary Watson is a Catholic married with three children. Mary trained as a Spiritual
Director at Worth Abbey. She works in Spiritual Direction and has participated
and facilitated the Personal and Spiritual Growth Course.
Brenda McGinn is a Catholic. She is a community nurse with hospice nursing experience. Brenda trained at the Catholic Bible School and is a spiritual director. Brenda was a participant in the Personal and Spiritual Growth Course 4 years ago and now joins the team facilitating it.
Applicants are required to attend one of the Taster Evenings as part of thier application to the course. Only after these, might they be offered a place on the full course.
each Wednesday for 10 weeks during term time: 19.30-21.30;
+ 1 Saturday per term: 10.00-16.00:
Course Dates for 2012 - 2013:
Wednesdays 19:30-21:30 (half term breaks in brackets)
Taster Evenings:
2012 Wednesdays July 11th or 18th
Term 1, 2012
Wednesdays:
September 26th
October 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, (31st is half term)
November 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
December 5th
Saturday:
17th November
Term Two, 2013:
tba
Term Three, 2013:
tba
COST for 2012-2013: £138 per term; - in addition to the Deposit £20 (includes the taster evening)
PSG – Going Deeper - Thursdays
Facilitators – Jo Eaton, Brenda McGinn and others
For those who:-
- Have done the one year PSG course and wish to continue exploring their relationship with God, others and self
- Who are able to commit to meeting once a month in the stillness of Worth in small facilitated groups
- Are willing to use both the large and small groups as opportunities for reflection and growth
- Will commit to reflect on the month’s theme between sessions
- Will provide a brief summary of their reflections and personal insights presented in a way that seems relevant to themselves and their experiences
Beginning in Jan 2012 and usually meeting on the 3rd Thursday of the month (except August) between 7.30 and 9.30 – a new monthly PSG course for 2012 – Going Deeper
Course dates 2012:
January 19th
February 16th
March 15th
April 19th
May 17th
June 21st
July 19th
September 20th
October 18th
November 15th
December 13th
Saturday November 10th
Cost: For the whole year £195
(or Jan - Jul £99; Sep - Dec £99)
Please book and pay in advance.