Finding God in times of transition

– Retreat led by Margaret Silf

The Society of Mary and Martha at Sheldon

15^th – 19^th March 2010

Monday
3pm	First arrivals
5pm	Last arrivals / Community Prayers
5.30pm	Welcome & orientation
6.30pm	Fat Pigeon open
7pm	Supper
8.45pm	Night prayer
Tuesday
8am	Community morning prayers
8.30am	Breakfast
9.30am	Retreat Morning prayer
9.45am	“When the plough goes through”
10.45am	Coffee
11.30	“Crisis-Opportunity?”
12.30pm	Lunch
5pm	“Are extinctions and dislocations always bad news?”
5pm	Community evening prayers
6.30pm	Fat Pigeon open
7pm	Supper
8.45pm	Night prayer
Wednesday
8am	Community morning prayers
8.30am	Breakfast
9.30am	Retreat Morning prayer
9.45am	“Crossing Places”
10.45am	Coffee
11.30	“The problem of fear”
12.30pm	Lunch
5pm	“Flying free”
5pm	Community evening prayers
6.30pm	Fat Pigeon open
7pm	Supper
8.45pm	Night prayer
Thursday
8am	Community morning prayers
8.30am	Breakfast
9.30am	Retreat Morning prayer
9.45am	“Letting go”
10.45am	Coffee
11.30am	“Adapt, survive, transcend”
12.30pm	Lunch
5pm	“A Passover journey”- a reflective journey leading form Egypt to the Promised Land . . .
5pm	Community evening prayers
6.30pm	Fat Pigeon open
7pm	Supper
8.45pm	Eucharist
Friday
8am	Community morning prayers
8.30am	Breakfast
10am	Last departures

Orientation and retreat sessions in the Long Barn

All prayers and Eucharist in the upstairs Chapel of Mary, Martha and Lazarus

All meals in the Pound House Dining Room

Fat Pigeon = licensed bar adjacent to the Dining Room

One to one meetings by arrangement in Stephen’s Lodge

Silence from Night prayer on Monday until the bar opens on Thursday

Shop and Jacuzzi bookings (£7) in Reception during office hours

The retreat will take place in an atmosphere of prayerful silence, from night prayers on Monday until the bar opens on Thursday evening.