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Led by Canon Peter Sills

4TH – 6TH APRIL 2025
(4PM FRIDAY – 2PM SUNDAY)

For many people, including Christians, the Bible can feel like a closed book. This weekend retreat opens it up, combining teaching with times of prayer and reflection. Drawing from Canon Peter Sill’s book, Six Steps Into the Bible (www.peter-sills.co.uk), you will be guided into the world of the Bible, where you’ll discover an evolving story. Here, you’ll explore how people have wrestled with the same questions we face today, witnessing how old ideas are replaced with new.

The retreat will illuminate the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, showing how concepts of God, Jesus, salvation, and morality have transformed over the centuries. You’ll come to see that Christian faith is more than just a set of beliefs; it’s about living a life where God’s will is done and His Kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.

Canon Peter Sills (pictured) began his career teaching Law at Kingston before serving in three parishes in the Diocese of Southwark. He later became Vice-Dean of Ely Cathedral. An experienced author, pilgrimage guide, and engaging spiritual teacher, Canon Sills has led courses and retreats across the UK, USA, and at the Anglican Centre in Rome. Now retired, he resides in Sussex with his wife, Helen.

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£250 per person
(Includes a copy of Canon Sills’s book Six Steps into the Bible)

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CALL US FOR MORE INFO
01785 760233
✉ info@shallowfordhouse.org
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“It’s from the old I travel to the new
Keep me travelling along with you”

9am – 3pm

Preparing for the greatest gift. Sue & Pauline guide you towards rediscovering the childlike hope and wonder of years past. 

Reflection Series

A series of days to explore the journey within – all welcome, those of any faith or none. Join us for one, some or all. The days will start with morning worship and end with a simple Agape service (sharing of bread), which reflects our ecumenical approach. Enjoy music, quiet time and space apart.

Sue & Pauline guide you towards rediscovering the childlike hope and wonder of years past.

Call our office to book! 01785 760233

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Sue and Pauline first met in 1998 when they were Directors of an environmental charity. In an early conversation Sue, an Anglican, recalls, is telling Pauline, a Catholic, she would not be able to convert her to the Catholic faith! This started an enduring friendship and a desire to grow in faith together. In 2013, they started a monthly ecumenical service in their own churches in Telford: both have a love of Iona where they first truly experienced shared worship in 2002. A shared love of music is an added joy. They’ve made the pilgrimage every year since. Over the last five years, they’ve developed Quiet Mornings in Telford, on different themes but all allowing people to experience time apart – quiet time to reflect and share experiences with others. They’ve always taken St Augustine’s well know saying as the basis for self discovery:

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” —St. Augustine.

So, Pauline and Sue say: “if you’re interested in exploring the journey within – please come exploring with us – we’re still finding it’s the most exciting journey of all”.

9am – 3pm

Our relationships with God, others and ourself. How do you see God and respond to his longing for us?

Reflection Series

A series of days to explore the journey within – all welcome, those of any faith or none. Join us for one, some or all. The days will start with morning worship and end with a simple Agape service (sharing of bread), which reflects our ecumenical approach. Enjoy music, quiet time and space apart.

Sue & Pauline guide you towards rediscovering the childlike hope and wonder of years past.

Call our office to book! 01785 760233

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Sue and Pauline first met in 1998 when they were Directors of an environmental charity. In an early conversation Sue, an Anglican, recalls, is telling Pauline, a Catholic, she would not be able to convert her to the Catholic faith! This started an enduring friendship and a desire to grow in faith together. In 2013, they started a monthly ecumenical service in their own churches in Telford: both have a love of Iona where they first truly experienced shared worship in 2002. A shared love of music is an added joy. They’ve made the pilgrimage every year since. Over the last five years, they’ve developed Quiet Mornings in Telford, on different themes but all allowing people to experience time apart – quiet time to reflect and share experiences with others. They’ve always taken St Augustine’s well know saying as the basis for self discovery:

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” —St. Augustine.

So, Pauline and Sue say: “if you’re interested in exploring the journey within – please come exploring with us – we’re still finding it’s the most exciting journey of all”.

9am – 3pm

What are the gifts we receive that seem elusive and hidden, how can we tease them out and appreciate them? How do they relate to the gifts of aging?

Reflection Series

A series of days to explore the journey within – all welcome, those of any faith or none. Join us for one, some or all. The days will start with morning worship and end with a simple Agape service (sharing of bread), which reflects our ecumenical approach. Enjoy music, quiet time and space apart.

Sue & Pauline guide you towards rediscovering the childlike hope and wonder of years past.

Call our office to book! 01785 760233

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Sue and Pauline first met in 1998 when they were Directors of an environmental charity. In an early conversation Sue, an Anglican, recalls, is telling Pauline, a Catholic, she would not be able to convert her to the Catholic faith! This started an enduring friendship and a desire to grow in faith together. In 2013, they started a monthly ecumenical service in their own churches in Telford: both have a love of Iona where they first truly experienced shared worship in 2002. A shared love of music is an added joy. They’ve made the pilgrimage every year since. Over the last five years, they’ve developed Quiet Mornings in Telford, on different themes but all allowing people to experience time apart – quiet time to reflect and share experiences with others. They’ve always taken St Augustine’s well know saying as the basis for self discovery:

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” —St. Augustine.

So, Pauline and Sue say: “if you’re interested in exploring the journey within – please come exploring with us – we’re still finding it’s the most exciting journey of all”.

9:45 am – 3:30 pm

These are led by Rev Evelyn Bone and she leads us through a gentle day of devotion, quiet time and worship. There is the opportunity to meet one to one and engage in a few prayerful activities.

The cost is £26 which includes lunch and refreshments. The day runs from 9.45am to 3.30pm. Please call the office on 01785 760233 to book.

Dates:  

• February 10th
• March 10th
• April 14th
• May 19th
• June 9th
• July 7th
• August 4th
• September 15th
• October 13th
• November 10th
• December 8th
  

9am – 3pm

Becoming quiet to search our hearts. What is your personal credo and what questions will you be asking of yourself?

Reflection Series

A series of days to explore the journey within – all welcome, those of any faith or none. Join us for one, some or all. The days will start with morning worship and end with a simple Agape service (sharing of bread), which reflects our ecumenical approach. Enjoy music, quiet time and space apart.

Sue & Pauline guide you towards rediscovering the childlike hope and wonder of years past.

Call our office to book! 01785 760233

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Sue and Pauline first met in 1998 when they were Directors of an environmental charity. In an early conversation Sue, an Anglican, recalls, is telling Pauline, a Catholic, she would not be able to convert her to the Catholic faith! This started an enduring friendship and a desire to grow in faith together. In 2013, they started a monthly ecumenical service in their own churches in Telford: both have a love of Iona where they first truly experienced shared worship in 2002. A shared love of music is an added joy. They’ve made the pilgrimage every year since. Over the last five years, they’ve developed Quiet Mornings in Telford, on different themes but all allowing people to experience time apart – quiet time to reflect and share experiences with others. They’ve always taken St Augustine’s well know saying as the basis for self discovery:

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” —St. Augustine.

So, Pauline and Sue say: “if you’re interested in exploring the journey within – please come exploring with us – we’re still finding it’s the most exciting journey of all”.