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Input and Reflections from the Community Fellowship Weekend on the theme of
‘A doorway into the heart of being’ – a meditation on prayer
based on ideas from the first two chapters of ‘Primary Speech – A Psychology of Prayer’ by Ann & Barry Ulanov.
And including
This edition contains reflections and quotes from the February Retreat – Saturday’s Silence
Saturday’s Silence
“Within listening distance of the silence we call God”
“On a silent retreat, how apt that we explored evocations of silence in the poetry of R S Thomas.”
And also a report from CF Chilterns Group.
Pilgrimage to Now/here – Without Winter there’d be no Spring
In the middle of January, we had a Pilgrimage to Now/here day based at Longshaw in the Peak District. Our theme was, “Without winter there’d be no spring”, a paraphrase of a quote by the Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet (1612-72)
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.
Please check out our new Facebook group. It’s public, because we wanted to be able to share info about our public events really easily on facebook. Please join and invite other friends of yours on facebook to join too. Also, do share any events we put up on there on your profile or with particular friends you have on facebook who you think might be interested!
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.