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Holland House is a well established Christian
retreat house open to people of all faiths and
none.
Set on the banks of the river Avon in the pretty village of
Cropthorne, Holland House is a 17th Century black and
white timbered building with a partly thatched roof and four
acres of gardens.

Home-cooked food from the best of Worcestershire pro-

duce, local beers, fruit juices and honey from our own bee
hives make Holland House an ideal venue to meet and be
creative.

Anniversary Appeal

If you would like to support our

Anniversary Appeal you can make
a donation via our website or
send a cheque payable to Holland
House to Holland House, Main
Street, Cropthorne, Pershore
WR10 3NB
 Practice Experiencing Prayer
(PEP) Days
10am4pm

Led by Revd Ian Spencer, the days will provide an opportunity to learn
about and then practice Contemplative Prayer within a variety of
Christian traditions:

Wednesday May 3rd Celtic

Thursday June 8th Franciscan
Wednesday September 6th Benedictine
Wednesday October 18th Desert Fathers
Wednesday December 13th Contemplating
Christmas

The emphasis will be on the practice of experiencing prayer, with time

spent each afternoon practicing the tradition we learned about in the
morning.

Cost: 30 per day

Includes lunch and refreshments

'Lunch is better when we eat together'

Did you know that we are open for lunch
every Sunday?
A two course set lunch is 12 per person,
6 for under 12's
pre-booking essential, please telephone 01386 860330
 Quiet Garden Days
Quiet Garden days are held monthly on Thursday between
April and September from 10am until 4pm.
The theme for 2017 is Trees
10 to include refreshments.
For an additional 10 you can pre-book a two course set lunch.

20th April, 18th May, 15th June, 20th July,

17th August, 21st September

Holland House Gardens will be open as part of the

National Gardens Scheme on:

Sunday 25th June &

Sunday 16th July

Entry: 4 per person (fee to NGS)

Cream teas and plants available to

purchase
 A Weekend Organised by the Friends of
Holland House 2017
All Welcome

A retreat run by Julie Lunn who is on the staff of the

Nazarene Theological College in Manchester.

The theme is 'The Art of Holiness in Icon, Image and Hymn'

using visual images, particularly icons from the Orthodox
Christian tradition and Charles Wesley's poetic texts to
explore themes of holiness

The weekend runs from 10am on Friday 28th April and

concludes with lunch on Sunday 30th April

Additional accommodation is available on Thursday 27th April for those

travelling a distance

Cost: 185 per person

Limited number of day spaces will be available at 110

Guests are welcome to stay for dinner, b&b on Sunday in

return for help at the Cropthorne Walkabout
"St Humanity - all are here, all are
welcome"
Friday 17th November, 5pm until Sunday
19th November 4pm
A retreat for those who feel excluded from mainstream
church, or yearn for a more inclusive church where;
Each person can be themselves, everyone is fully included, no exceptions.
Everyone's gender and sexuality is respected.
Peoples life experience wont be judged.
Everyone will be unconditionally listened to.
Body, mind and spirit are all held as sacred
All of Creation is recognised as sacred.
Other faith traditions are understood to be fellow travellers, not
competitors.
Our personal and corporate experience of the Divine is enriched
and deepened by one another's presence.
Social engagement and action is a natural response to our experience

Centred on Christian tradition, inspired by other faiths,

moved by personal experience - a few days of both fun
and serious discernment.
Come to Holland House and explore some possibilities.

Cost: 175 per person

Includes accommodation and meals
 Yoga for Christians
10am4pm
Wednesday 10th May
Wednesday 5th July
Saturday 16th September
Thursday 2nd November

Led by Revd Ian Spencer, Ian is an Anglican Priest and member of

Christians Practicing Yoga. He received his Yoga training through the
Sadhana Mala Teacher Training School, affiliated to the Association for
Yoga Studies (AYS).
30 per session
includes refreshments and vegetarian lunch

Training Leaders for Quiet Days

Wednesday 26th April, 10am4pm

35 per person

Includes lunch, refreshments and course materials.

Led by Revd Ian Spencer
 Quiet Days with Marianne Rankin
10am4pm
Friday May 19th - Experiences of Angels
Experiences of Angels, will include an overview of an-
gels in
religious traditions as well as considering the experi-
ences of
angels which occur to ordinary people today. These will
be taken from Emma Heathcote-James book Seeing Angels and
from the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre ar-
chive of religious and spiritual experiences.
But do they really exist? This is a day to explore a fascinating
phenomenon.
Cost per day: 30 per person
to include lunch and refreshments

Lunch and Music with Chris Long

Friday 5th May

Join us from 12.noon, lunch will be served at 12.30pm

2 course lunch followed by a piano

recital

15 per person
 Everything belongs - non dual
Christianity in theory and practice
Thursday 30th November 12 noon
Sunday 3rd December 4pm
Using Richard Rohrs book "Everything belongs" as a
key text, along with Revd Dr Cynthia Bourgeault's
new work "The Heart of Centering Prayer: Non dual
Christianity in Theory and Practice", we will explore
together what it means to be living "in awareness of
the Presence, [to] see how everything fits, and
know that everything belongs".

Talks, discussion, prayer & meditation, liturgy,

video's and free time make up this unique opportu-
nity to discover and experience how and why every-
thing belongs.
Cost: 295 per person
Includes accommodation and meals

Retreat led by Revd Ian Spencer, Mr Urs Mattman Acc. MBACP, with guest
speaker Revd Dorothy Littlewood (graduate of Richard Rohr's "Living School")
 Christ in the Rainbow:
An Advent retreat for LGBT
people
4pm Friday 15th December
until
4pm Sunday 17th December

n this weekend we can discover what the message of Advent

and Christmas can mean in the context of our lives as gay, les-
bian, bisexual men & women or transgendered people. Our col-
ours of the Rainbow may lead us to this Christ event.

We remember that Christ was born in the midst of outcasts of

his time. As queer men and women of faith we also experience
that some religious traditions may not necessarily want us in
their midst, yet we find our place, trust our spiritual journey and
are blessed. Like the Magi in the nativity story we have gifts to
bring, we are invited what theses gifts means as LGBT people
for us and the world.

Our time together will consist of talks and discussions, liturgy

and meditation, prayer and visualisation with time for quiet re-
flection and rest. Wherever you are on your faith journey or
whatever spiritual background you are from, you are welcome
to participate.

Cost: 180 per person

Retreat led by Urs Mattmann Acc. MBACP www.ursmattmann.com Author of COMING
IN Gays and Lesbians reclaiming the spiritual journey. www.ionabooks.com
 Friendly Lunches
15 per person
Arrive from 12noon to enjoy a drink from the bar,
a 2 course set lunch will be served at 12.30 pm followed by the talk from the
speaker of the day.

The journey and restoration of Croome: Tuesday 25th April

Christian Aid with Jill Stone: Monday 8th May

John Simpson, Retired Chief Editor of the Oxford Dictionary, part

of the Evesham Festival of Words Festival: Tuesday 20th June

The Brilliant Burneys: Stars of the 18th Century with Deborah

Jones: Monday 10th July

Martin Kemp, co-author of Mona Lisa: The people and the paint-
ing, in conjunction with Evesham Festival of Words Festival Mon-
day 23rd
October
 Diary Dates
2017
April:
Wednesday 5th Prayer, Experience and Dirty Dishes
Wednesday 12th Fruits of Spiritual Experience
Thursday 20th Quiet Garden Day
Tuesday 25th Friendly Lunch
Wednesday 26th Training Leaders for Quiet Days
Friday 28th to Sunday 30th Weekend organised by the Friends of
Holland House

May:
Wednesday 3rd Practice Experiencing Prayer: Celtic
Friday 5th Lunch and Music with Chris Long
Monday 8th Friendly Lunch
Wednesday 10th Yoga for Christians
Thursday 18th Quiet Garden Day
Friday 19th Experiences of Angels

June:
Thursday 8th Practice Experiencing Prayer: Franciscan
Thursday 15th Quiet Garden Day
Tuesday 20th Friendly Lunch
Sunday 25th Open Garden with NGS

July:
Wednesday 5th Yoga for Christians
Monday 10th Friendly Lunch
Sunday 16th Open Garden with NGS
Thursday 20th Quiet Garden Day

August:
Thursday 17th Quiet Garden Day

September:
Wednesday 6th Practice Experiencing Prayer: Benedictine
Saturday 16th Yoga for Christians
Thursday 21st Quiet Garden Day
October:
Wednesday 18th Practice Experiencing Prayer: Desert Fathers
Monday 23rd Friendly Lunch

November:
Thursday 2nd Yoga for Christians
Friday 17thSunday 19th St Humanity: all are here, all are welcome
Thursday 30thSunday 3rd Everything Belongsnon dual
(December) Christianity in theory & practice

December:
Wednesday December 13th Practice Experiencing Prayer: Contemplating
Christmas
Friday 15thSunday 17th Christ in the Rainbow

2018
June:
Friday 1stSunday 3rd CARM Retreat: Painting & Prayer

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up to date with our latest events or
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www.hollandhouse.org
All days and retreats are available to book
on line
 THE VIEW FROM THE HILL
Need to step back for a while and take a view as to what's
happened in your life, your faith, your health or work ? If there's
one certainty in life, it's that things change - including long-held
beliefs, aspirations or desires.

The View from the Hill is for anyone who needs to step back
from their life-situation and have some time to take stock and
perhaps deepen their experience of the presence of the divine in
their life.
It's an individually guided retreat (IGR) that lasts for three days
during which time we sit together on our (metaphorical) hilltop.

Day one involves asking why have I come to this place? and re-
membering the journey.
Day two is about laying the past and future down, and learning to
become very aware of the present moment, and what the im-
plications are for our lives when we do that.
Day three involves preparing to leave the
hill, returning to the life-situation from
whence we came, but perhaps better pre-
pared for encountering it afresh.

I meet with the participant twice each day,

once in the morning, once in the afternoon
to listen and to be a companion on the hill.
Dates for the retreat by appointment
Cost: 260 fully inclusive
Do get in touch if you'd like to find out more, just email me at this ad-
dress ian.spencer@hollandhouse.org

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good

landa land with brooks, streams, and deep springs
gushing out into the valleys and hills
Deuteronomy 8:7
 27 Bedrooms
18 Singles

8 Twin

1 Twin accessible room

Drawing Room

Library

Conference Room

Chapel

Individual Prayer Room

Garden Room

Holland House
in Harmony with
Creation

Book on line at www.hollandhouseshop.org

Holland House, Main Street, Cropthorne, Pershore
WR10 3NB
Telephone 01386 860330
www.hollandhouse.org