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'Winter Glow’ Christian Singles' Weekend

22 - 24 November 2019

Event Type: Christian Singles' Event

Keynote Speakers: Jacquie Maguire (Sat) Revd Geoff Waggett (Sun)

Check In: 4 p.m. Friday

Check Out: 2 p.m. Sunday

We would like to extend a warm winter welcome to all Christian Singles for our ‘winter glow’ weekend in November 2019 at Nicholaston House. The event will focus on fun and fellowship with some devotional time on the Saturday, including teaching on Revival with Jacquie Maguire. There will be plenty of opportunity for socialising, along with good food. There will also be opportunity to receive personal prayer ministry if desired. On Sunday the morning service will be led by Revd Geoff Waggett. We would love you to come and share the fun.

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FRIDAY 22nd November

4.00 PM Arrival and Check-in (residential guests)

6.00 PM Evening Meal (residential guests or where booked by non-residents)

7.15 PM Arrival and Welcome Drink (non-residential guests)

7.30 PM Social

8.30 PM Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows

9.30 PM Depart (non-residential guests)

SATURDAY 23rd November

8.45 AM Breakfast (residential guests)

9.30 AM Arrival and Welcome Drink (non-residential guests)

10.00 AM Praise & Worship

10.30 AM Session 1. Devotional Time including Teaching on Revival led by Jacqueline Maguire

11.30 AM Refreshments

12.00 PM Session 2. Devotional Time including Teaching on Revival led by Jacqueline Maguire

1.00 PM Lunch

2.00 PM Prayer Ministry Slots (Optional)

2.00 PM Free Time / Games & Craft

3.30 PM Afternoon Tea with Cake

6.00 PM Evening Meal

7.30 PM Social

9.30 PM Depart (non-residential guests)

SUNDAY 24th November

8.45 AM Breakfast (residential guests)

10.AM Arrival and Welcome Drink (non-residential guests)

10.30 AM Praise & Worship led by Revd Geoff Waggett

12.30 PM Sunday Roast Dinner

2.30 PM Depart

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New Year Friends and Fellowship Retreat Break led by House Team

30 December 2019 - 4 January 2020

Event Type: Retreat Break

Theme/Focus: New Year / New Beginnings

Residential Check In: 4 p.m. Monday

Residential Check Out: 10 a.m. Saturday

Led by: House Team

Welcome 2020 in comfort and style during this friends and fellowship retreat break at Nicholaston House Christian Retreat. There will be good food, fun and fellowship with others during this 5-night full-board retreat. Each day there will be a devotional time allowing space for worship as we consider and pray God’s leading and guiding in the year ahead – optional prayer ministry slots will be made available during the retreat for those who wish to have some time of prayer with our prayer ministers.

Arriving on 30 December for evening meal, there is plenty of time to settle in before we celebrate New Year with a buffet tea and a time of fun, fellowship and prayer together as we see in the New Year. After a hearty breakfast, New Year’s Day morning will include an organised local walk followed by a light lunch with friends of Nicholaston House. As always, for those seeking time to rest, the House has many places to relax as well as space to enjoy the peace and views of Oxwich Bay from the conservatory.

During the break there will be organised games and other social activities, offering a blend of time to enjoy one another’s company and also to soak up the stillness and peace of the House.

The week will conclude with an optional led Quiet Day on Friday.

Departure is after breakfast on Saturday.

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Christian Singles’ Spring Conference Weekend 2020

14-16 February 2020

Event Type: Christian Singles' Event

Keynote Speakers: Erik Fok

Check In: 4 p.m. Friday

Check Out: 2 p.m. Sunday

Details TBC.

Rates:

• £149/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – guaranteed single occupancy of a non-single room
• £99/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – single occupancy of a single room (limited rooms available)
• £99/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single room
• £15/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – non residential Friday evening meal (free to attend after meal if non-resident)
• £27/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – non residential Saturday only (includes lunch and supper)
• £39/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – non residential Saturday and Sunday (includes lunch and supper on Sat and lunch on Sun)

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'Seeking Stillness' - Healing Tides (a journey of the heart) with Sarah Chabowska and Libby Dobson

27-31 - March 2020

...Sabbath Rest and a journey towards inner healing...

Event Type: Retreat

Theme/Focus: Sabbath Rest and a journey towards inner healing...

Check In: 4 p.m. Friday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Tuesday

Led by: Sarah Chabowska and Libby Dobson

Libby and Sarah invite you to take a journey of discovery into the spacious place of God's love. We will consider the importance of Sabbath rest, and experience its healing gifts, as we take a break from the busyness of life. Give your spirit a chance to breathe, and your body and soul a chance to rest and be restored as we reflect together upon the ebb and flow of our lives.

Throughout this retreat we will offer original music and song, art work and visual images, poetry, reflections, Scripture, one-to-one, quiet times and personal space to support your journey.

To sustain and nurture you on this journey you will be offered:

• Original music and song
• Art work and visual images
• Poetry
• Guided reflections
• Scripture
• Opportunity for one-to-one sessions
• Personal space to relax and reflect
• Time to be still

Testimonials:

"Sarah and Libby have a real gift for creating an atmosphere and welcome, and respect for where participants are at."

"They offered a calm and safe place - welcome to all."

"The gentle pace of the retreat, the beautiful thought-provoking poems, songs and readings and their humour - all these created a quality sacred space that was very moving."

About the Leaders:

Libby Dobson has been writing and performing contemplative songs for a number of years. Her CD recordings include ‘In Your Arms’, ‘Deep Calls to Deep’ and ‘Wide Horizons’. 

Sarah Chabowska has been involved in leading prayer in a variety of contexts, and has been writing her own poetry for many years.

Together they have produced a CD entitled ‘Peace’ which includes a selection of their songs and poems. Both Sarah and LIbby are trained in ‘spiritual accompaniment’ and have been leading retreats together since 2013, in retreat centres, parishes and with other Christian groups.

Their retreats have proved very popular, many people finding them a refreshing oasis to which they return again and again.

Preview:

Sarah and Libby joined us for a week earlier in 2019 and we share this short clip as a preview of what they offer (via Facebook).

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'Mosaic Lives Ministries - Divorce Recovery Retreat' with Gen and John Loaker

6 - March 2020

...finding hope and healing in the face of separation and divorce!

Event Type: Divorce Recovery Course

Theme/Focus: Divorce Recovery

Check In: 4 p.m. Friday

Check Out: 6 p.m. Sunday (optional extra night stay available @ £30/person with in-room continental breakfast tray)

This interactive course is designed to help people recover from the pain of separation and divorce and rebuild their lives. Key themes include understanding divorce, dealing with depression, resolving anger and moving on. Each session blends both teaching and group discussion. The weekend will also include sessions on the Biblical perspective on divorce as well as opportunity for participants to receive prayer.

The weekend is also open on a non-residential basis for anyone living within commutable distance to SA3 2HL (Gower, Swansea) - from £89.

Testimonials:

'The content was informative, thought-provoking, emotive and therapeutic. Sharing felt safe and fellow participants supportive. I feel re-energised, lighter, lifted and restored.'

'It was really helpful to hear a range of people's experiences who were at different points on the journey and get some hope! 

About the Leaders:

Gen and John Loaker have many years’ experience in supporting those facing separation and divorce. Gen is a relationship coach and John is a social worker.

Led by: Gen and John Loaker: https://mosaiclivesministries.co.uk

Read more: 2020-03-06 | 6 - 8 March 2020 | 'Mosaic Lives Ministries - Divorce Recovery Retreat' with Gen and...

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‘Breakfast on the Beach’ - Encounter Mid-Week / Weekend with Mary and Erik Fok

6 - 10 April 2020

...encounter Jesus, be renewed in abundant life!

Event Type: Themed Retreat/ Mid-Week/Weekend

Theme/Focus: Restoration and Renewal

Check In: 4 p.m. Monday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

IN MY FATHER'S HEART is a compelling call from the Holy Spirit to go deeper into our Father's heart. It’s not just about "knowing"; more about engaging heart-to-heart with Father God’s passion for us and allowing the Holy Spirit to ignite our passion for Him. We so want to share this journey of engagement with Father's heart, together with you - and trust that it will prove a truly transformative experience for all of us. There’ll be opportunity to go deeper in worship and receive inspiring, releasing teaching and personal prayer ministry, as well as time for your own reflection and recreation in this beautiful part of the Gower. We see Jesus doing amazing works of healing, restoration, renewal and equipping! Weather permitting, on one of the days (most likely the Thursday) we will have a breakfast on the local beach at Oxwich Bay!

Read more: 2020-04-06 | 6 - 10 April 2020 | ‘Breakfast on the Beach’ Encounter Week with Mary and Erik Fok at...

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'Walking into Restoration' Walking Retreat #3

A time to focus on God’s love, forgiveness and restoration through walking in God’s creation and teaching.

3 - 7 August 2020 

Event Type: 'Restoration-Focused' Walking Retreat: God’s Love, God’s Forgiveness, God’s Restoration

Board Type: Full Board (breakfast and evening meal included; pack lunches provided for lunch/walks)

Check In: 4 p.m. Monday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

Walking Level/Ability: Moderate

Led By: House Team

The Nicholaston House Team would like to welcome you to this 'restoration-focused' walking retreat based on the stunning Gower peninsula.

During the week there will be times of teaching, times of fellowship, times of walking and times for personal reflection. Each day (Tuesday-Thursday) we will be exploring by foot the beauty of Gower and its Christian heritage - allowing God to minister to us through His creation and Word. This is a time to feel God’s love, forgiveness and restoration in a beautiful part of the world and to be equipped for our individual walk of faith.

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‘Breakfast on the Beach’ - Encounter Mid-Week / Weekend with Mary and Erik Fok

28 - 31 August 2020 

...encounter Jesus, be renewed in abundant life!

Event Type: Weekend

Theme/Focus: Restoration and Renewal

Check In: 4 p.m. Friday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Monday

IN MY FATHER'S HEART is a compelling call from the Holy Spirit to go deeper into our Father's heart. It is the theme for our Encounter Weeks, this year. It’s not just about "knowing"; more about engaging heart-to-heart with Father God’s passion for us and allowing the Holy Spirit to ignite our passion for Him. We so want to share this journey of engagement with Father's heart, together with you. And trust that it will prove a truly transformative experience for all of us. There’ll be opportunity to go deeper in worship and receive inspiring, releasing teaching and personal prayer ministry, as well as time for your own reflection and recreation in this beautiful part of the Gower. We see Jesus doing amazing works of healing, restoration, renewal and equipping! Weather permitting, on one of the days (most likely the Sunday) we will have a breakfast on the local beach at Oxwich Bay!

Read more: 2020-08-28 | 28 - 31 August 2020 | ‘Breakfast on the Beach’ Encounter Mid-Week / Weekend with Mary...

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‘Individually-Guided Silent Retreat’ with Pat Callaghan and Revd Rob Hingley

6 or 9 Nights (with some limited 3 night taster retreat spaces): 

6 nights: 7-13 September 2020

9 nights: 4-13 September 2020

3 night taster retreats (limited spaces): 4-7 September 2020

...a chance to draw near to our loving God

Event Type: Themed Retreat/Extended Week

Theme/Focus: Individually-Guided Prayer

Led by: Pat Callaghan and Revd Rob Hingley

Rob Hingley and Pat Callaghan are trained and experienced in prayer guidance according to the methods and spirituality explored by Ignatius Loyola in the 16th Century - a Christian spiritually described as ‘finding God in all things’. These retreats offer you a chance to deepen your relationship with God through meditation on Scripture whilst enjoying the peace and beauty of Nicholaston House’s setting. Daily individual guidance is offered to help enrich your prayer experience. Apart from these sessions and acts of worship the retreatants are conducted in silence so that you may hear God’s word for you more clearly. 9 night and 6 night retreats offer a fuller experience, whilst a 3 night weekend (limited spaces) offers a shorter taster retreat.

Read more: 2020-09-04 | 4 - 13 September 2020 | ‘Individually-Guided Silent Retreat’ with Pat Callaghan and...

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Emmaus Road Retreat led by Jack and Sandra Telfer

...encountering Jesus on our journey

21 - 25 September 2020 

Event Type: Retreat

Board Type: Full Board

Check In: 4 p.m. Monday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

Led By: Jack and Sandra Telfer

An opportunity to come aside and be with Jesus as we each consider our journey with him. Using a selection of Bible passages and a variety of reflective exercises there will be space to stop and be for just a while – to meet him where we really are, hear his perspective and for our hearts to burn again for the continuing journey.

Jack and Sandra have led retreats and quiet days in various settings. They love to create a space in which others can encounter the Lord for themselves using a variety of Biblically inspired exercises which draw from a range of traditions. Jack and Sandra are also involved in supporting cross-cultural workers. They have been married for 40 years and have two adult children and two grandchildren.

Full-Board Rates:

• £419/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – guaranteed single occupancy of a non-single room
• £314/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – single occupancy of a single room (limited rooms available)
• £314/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single twin room
• £283/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single twin room (individuals sharing *discounted rate*)

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Healing Prayer School led by Revd Mike Endicott, Order of Jacob’s Well

...becoming a Kingdom walker

5 - 9 October 2020

Event Type: Retreat

Board Type: Full Board

Check In: 4 p.m. Monday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

Led By: Revd Mike Endicott and Order of Jacob’s Well elders (https://www.jacobswell.org.uk)

Revd Mike Endicott and Order of Jacob’s Well elders talk Kingdom of God, having a rewarding prayer life for others and ministering to others around you.

Prayer is a multi-faceted description of what most of us think we need to do - seeing it as a ‘method’ rather than a living in the grace of Jesus Christ in which we stand, flowing from the one place that is clear and real - the cross. It is time for a new way forward for the church, a way which is neither about doing things in the ‘outside world’ nor doing things in the ‘inside church world’. These things often claim a great deal, but so often deliver little. Both of these aspects miss the fundamental reality of the source of life and energy, which is neither outside nor inside us. It is God’s healing of our seeing and experiencing in the Kingdom in and through the cross.

Full-Board Rates:

• £419/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – guaranteed single occupancy of a non-single room
• £314/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – single occupancy of a single room (limited rooms available)
• £314/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single twin room
• £283/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single twin room (individuals sharing *discounted rate*)

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‘Prophetic Art Retreat’ with Bhari Long

'When Heaven Invades Earth'

17 - 23 October 2020

Event Type: Retreat/Course

Theme/Focus: Prophetic Art

Check In: 4 p.m. Saturday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

This Prophetic Art Course and Retreat led by Bhari Long, author of ‘Artists and Artisans Awake!: Creativity and the Global Harvest’ is a hands-on opportunity to get in touch with the creative gift you were born with and be inspired to paint! Encounter God through the prophetic art exhibition of Bhari and her husband James, pioneers of prophetic art across the UK and overseas. Suitable for all skill levels and anyone creatively inclined, with exciting new options for those who’ve been before. 

God loves to speak truth into our lives through images. Jesus Christ Himself used pictorial imagery as He taught. Draw close to Him and learn to trust Him to give you visual messages, both for yourself and others. Experience God speaking to you personally to bless and encourage you, and those he gives you a ‘word picture’ for. Learn to trust that He is speaking to you… for He has promised that if we ask for the Holy Spirit, He will give Him to us and lead us into all truth (Luke 11:13, John 16:13).

Be inspired by nature and the coast in this area of outstanding natural beauty. Be filled afresh and led by the Holy Spirit, as you experiment, experience and explore prophetic art. Learn how to pray and worship God creatively; how to interpret and use prophetic art both inside and outside the Church. Be inspired by the testimonies of how the Lord is using prophetic art to transform people’s lives. If you are here for a Retreat, feel free to dip in and out of the programme.

Materials to bring:

You will need to bring your pencil, pen, notebook, Holy Bible, journal, colouring pencils, set of fibre-tipped colours, A3 sketch pad, paintbrushes, pack of paper plates, jam jar, 1 litre empty ice-cream tub with lid and acrylic paints, A3 cartridge pad of paper and 3 x canvases (16” x 20” or similar). Please also bring your favourite instrumental worship CD and worship CD with words.

Rates:

• £482/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – guaranteed single occupancy of a non-single room
• £326/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – single occupancy of a single room (limited rooms available)
• £326/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single room
• £230 (non residential) - Saturday - Thursday (lunch and evening meals included)
• £135 (non residential) Saturday - Thursday (lunch included)

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‘Advanced Prophetic Art Course’ with Bhari Long

'When Heaven Invades Earth'

24 - 30 October 2020

Event Type: Course

Theme/Focus: Prophetic Art

Check In: 4 p.m. Saturday

Check Out: 10 a.m. Friday

Further details to follow...

Rates:

• £482/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – guaranteed single occupancy of a non-single room
• £326/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – single occupancy of a single room (limited rooms available)
• £326/person (ministry rate/no VAT) – shared occupancy of a non-single room
• £230 (non residential) - Saturday - Thursday (lunch and evening meals included)
• £135 (non residential) Saturday - Thursday (lunch included)

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