EXPLORING PRAYER
Come and spend a morning trying
out some different ways to pray
Where? Christ Church, Orton Goldhay
When? Saturday March 5th 2016
Programme
9.45am Arrive, coffee
10.00am Welcome introductions and short opening worship
10.10am Session for everyone: “What is prayer and
why can it be difficult?”
10.30am Prayer Workshop 1
11.15am Coffee
11.35am Prayer Workshop 2
12.20pm Simple Celtic Eucharist
1.00pm Lunch
1.45pm Optional prayer walk
Workshops
Each workshop will introduce a way of praying and give time to pray in that way
• Meditating on a passage of scripture: a way of listening to God
• Gospel contemplation: using the imagination in prayer
• Prayerfully creative: An opportunity to pray using paint or clay
• Oh God Why? Using a psalm to pray when life is difficult
The morning will be led by Jane Keiller (diocesan spirituality adviser), Mary-Jane Jorden, Val Kilner and Romie Ridley