Heart & Soul Singing Retreat - Led by Keely Hodgson. Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration. No previous singing experience or the ability to read music required. A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively taught using call and response. Keely is a composer and natural voice practitioner. She leads a

Walking in Wharfedale Retreat led by experienced Walk Leaders. Wharfedale’s varied landscape is on a reassuringly human scale: wild moorland, wooded vales and boulder-strewn hillsides above the peaty waters of the River Wharfe. Enjoy a retreat with guided walks, time for personal reflection and the warm hospitality of Parcevall Hall. Packed lunches are provided for

Breath - Prayer and Fitness Retreat - led by Katherine Hogg and Revd Jenny Savage. This weekend retreat celebrate being active physically and spiritually. They are led by personal trainer and Christian activist, Katherine Hogg and Parcevall Hall Chaplain Jenny Savage. Join the exercise and weights classes, spend time outdoors in the Gardens and the

Through Solitude and Contemplation Retreat 13-15 March led by Bishop David Hawkins. On this retreat, we will seek God through solitude and contemplation. There will be teaching on the Orthodox tradition, the role of the Poustinia and the science of silence. There will be opportunity for periods of personal private retreat in the Poustinia and

Christian meditation in Lent, explore and practise contemplative prayer in this season, led by Revd Henriette Howarth Our Open Quiet Days are gentle days of prayer and reflection. Each Quiet Day has its own theme, and the pattern of the day is designed by the leader to include guided reflection and free time, talking with

Literature Appreciation Retreats led by Hugh Parry Hugh Parry is an experienced teacher of English Literature in adult education specialising in Shakespeare. His wide-ranging interests including detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories, Greek drama, and the pursuit of unfashionable poets. Art in Literature 16-19 March Art has always engaged the imagination of the workers in the

Recorder Players Retreat I - Conductor Carolyn Wade Carolyn coached and directed various music groups, arranged music and ran workshops for concertina groups for over 25 years. Since retiring she has returned to playing in, and arranging music for recorder ensembles and orchestras. These are informal and friendly residentials recorder ensemble playing. They are aimed

Self-love(d): learning to love God, neighbour and self, through the insights of mindfulness 27-29 March led by Karen Openshaw and Bishop Chris Edmondson. This weekend retreat offers an invitation to experience more of the extravagant love God has for us, and to explore how this can be the lens through which we can begin to

The Easter Retreat 2-5 April led by Parcevall Hall Chaplain, Revd Jenny Savage. This retreat begins with Maundy Thursday and culminates in the great celebration of Easter Sunday. Along the way there are chapel services, sessions for learning and reflection, companionship and shared activities. We will look at God within our lives and what the

Our Retreat Days enable you to find the still point where body, mind and soul come together. They are structured to include both inspirational activity and an opportunity to immerse yourself in a short retreat. The days start at 10:00 and finish at 16:00. “He is risen, Alleluia!” A mindful singing retreat on 17 April

“He is risen, Alleluia!” A mindful singing retreat on 17 April led by Revd Mike Leigh. In the Easter season, sing your faith with others led by Mike who is a natural voice practitioner. There will be songs from across the world that are easy to learn and full of harmony. Together we will create

Falling Upwards 17-19 April led by Revd Dilly Baker. Inspired by the writing of Richard Rohr, this retreat offers you the chance to map an engaged Christian faith that is characterised by radical compassion, both for yourself and the world. Together we will explore what it might mean to work with the ‘failings and fallings’