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This edition includes reflections on the Wisdom on the Way held in November – Embodying Hope for the Climate.
Rachael Hand, a member of St Marks and an artist/climate change activist, led our two morning sessions, expressing her huge concern for our beautiful world and the damage climate change is causing.
There are also reports on the work of the Board and Hub.
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This October, on each Saturday morning of the month, a small group of us met together to explore our creativity and self expression through mark making and painting. The four workshops were held in The Ark, a small personal studio space in Berkhamsted.
Picasso was believed to have said, ‘Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up’! So with Charlotte Wright as guide, the Companions, and one participant who wanted to walk alongside CF friends, set out together to explore the process and challenges of making and creating.
“One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.” John O’Donohue
Carrie Williams leads her first CF event.
A report from CF North’s meeting “The Banquet of our Whole Selves”, a reflective prayer exercise which Jacky Stride brought from the Whirlow Spiritual Growth and Transformation Course.
Notes from the Trustees’ and Hub meetings.