NEXT INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED SILENT RETREAT :VOLMOED:9-12 NOVEMBER 2015

The next Silent Retreat led by Rev Dave Newton, is planned for 9-12 November 2015 at Volmoed near Hermanus in the Western Cape.

As always the focus in this retreat will be on the participants spending time in the silence re-connecting with God and themselves, leading to a renewed sense of call or vocation; as well as spending time re-connecting with their own life's journey.

Every attempt is made to avoid being prescriptive in any way, even though there is a basic structure to the three days.

This will be a time for you to listen to God, and to be taught and guided in the ancient disciplines of listening prayer.

Cost of the retreat is R1050 per person all inclusive except for bedding and towels.

If you want to know more and receive a registration form please contact Dave Newton directly at either: newtond@telkomsa.net, or 0725865241

FIRST SILENT RETREAT FOR THE YEAR

Here I thought I was getting it all together and feeling quite proud of my technological achievements in getting all the material our for the activities for the year, and then, when I got the first applications in I realized that I got the dates all wrong. So lets try it again.

FIRST 3-DAY INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED SILENT RETREAT FOR THE YEAR WILL BE AT VOLMOED ON 17-19 MARCH 2015 and not 7-9 MARCH AS IT WAS INITIALLY ADVERTISED. Please forgive my senior moment!!

Please could those who so helpfully advertised this in their notices etc., please correct this for me? I would be most grateful.

As before if there are any interested, for the correct dates this time, they can get in touch with me for registration forms etc.

David Newton

FIRST SILENT RETREAT FOR THE YEAR

The first Silent Retreat for the year led by Rev Dave Newton, is planned for 7-9 March 2015 at Volmoed near Hermanus in the Western Cape.

As always the focus in this retreat will be on the participants spending time in the silence re-connecting with God and themselves, leading to a renewed sense of call or vocation; as well as spending time re-connecting with their own life's journey.

Every attempt is made to avoid being prescriptive in any way, even though there is a basic structure to the three days.

This will be a time for you to listen to God, and to be taught and guided in the ancient disciplines of listening prayer.

Cost of the retreat is R990 per person all inclusive except for bedding and towels.

If you want to know more and receive a registration form please contact Dave Newton directly at either: newtond@telkomsa.net, or 0725865241

Next Silent Retreat 10-13 November 2014 at Volmoed near Hermanus

There are still a few places available on this next retreat should you need a retreat but have forgotten to respond to the previous invitation.

Please contact Dave Newton on  0725865241 or at: newtond@telkomsa.net, as soon as possible of you are interested and I will forward a form. Details are in the previous posting.

NEXT 3-DAY SILENT RETREAT

The next 3-day Silent Retreat led by Dave Newton is scheduled for the 2-5 June 2014 at Volmoed in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley just outside Hermanus in the beautiful Overberg region of the Western Cape.

As always the focus on this retreat will be on the participant's spending time with God in the silence re-connecting with God and themselves, leading to a renewed sense of call or vocation; as well as spending time re-connecting with their own life journey.

So every attempt is made to avoid being prescriptive in any way even though there is a basic structure to the 3 days.

This will be a time for you to listen to God, and to be taught and guided in the ancient disciplines of listening to God.

Cost of the Retreat is R900 per person.

If you want to know more or receive a registration form , then please contact Dave Newton directly at either revdavenewton@gmail.com or 0725865241 (c) or 021-9198322 (h)

Petersen on Prayer in "Quest for life at its best"

Writing about the prayer life of Jeremiah, who managed to live passionately and meaningfully for God in the face of the banality of so much of his generation, Petersen says,

"Jeremiahs secret life is a life of prayer. The cellar reality of Jeremiah's towering humanity is prayer. A look at Jeremiah in secret does not show him and a few cronies in a bull session swapping stories about God, catching up on some rumors of God. God is not someone or something to be talked about. Nor do we find Jeremiah in a library studying up on God. ....... God is not an idea to be studied. And we don't find Jeremiah at his desk with pen and paper using his sharp mind and comprehensive intelligence to work out the answers to the question of God.. (How can a good God permit evil?) God is not a problem to be solved.

What we find is Jeremiah praying: addressing God, listening to God. Prayer is the act in which we approach God as living person, a thou to whom we speak, not an it that we talk about. Prayer is the attention that we give to the One who attends to us. It is the decision to approach God as the personal Center, as Lord and Savior, [with]our entire lives caught up and expressed in the approach. Prayer is personal language caught up to the highest degree."   

First Individually guided Silent Retreat for 2014

The first 3 day Individually Guided Silent Retreat for this year to be led by Dave Newton will be at Volmoed Retreat Centre in the Hemel-en Aarde Valley, near Hermanus in the Western Cape, from 10th - 13th March 2014.

As always the focus of this retreat is on the Individual's journey with God, and themselves, and others, leading to a renewed sense of call or vocation. So every attempt is made to avoid being prescriptive in any way. This will be a time for you to focus on God and to be taught and guided in the ancient disciplines of listening to God.

Cost of the retreat is R900 per person.

If you want to know more or receive a registration form then please contact Dave Newton at either e-mail: revdavenewton@gmail.com or 0725865241 or 021-9198322