Encounter Day

23 Oct 2025, 09:30 – 15:30

Foxhill House and Woodlands, Tarvin Road, Frodsham WA6 6XB

Healthy plants need healthy roots. Roots give stability, they take up the nutrients that are needed for growth, and they seek out hydration for the desert times.

To be healthy as Christians, we need to be rooted – searching out those things that will sustain us for the long haul, going deep into those things that will give us stability.

In this month's Encounter Day, Jim Bridgman will be helping us to reflect on what it means to be rooted in Prayer.

'As a priest in a busy parish and parent to three children, I know that communication is the lifeblood of any relationship, and especially so with God, but I also see how often my communication is ineffective. How can we communicate well with God, with others, with ourselves through prayer? I know how important that communication is, but often find my practice does not live up to the theory: how can we change that? On this Encounter Day we will consider how we might 'pray without ceasing' in the midst of the chaos of our own lives.'

Encounter Days - Connecting more deeply with God

How do you most readily experience a sense of God’s presence?

Some people love silence and long for space to simply be.

Others find silence difficult, almost physically painful.

In our Encounter Days there will always be lots of space for quiet for those who value the silence, but we also recognise that not everyone processes internally.

We want to encourage additional ways of seeking a sense of God’s presence which might include discussion, prayer, or walking in a group or with another, making or listening to music, making or creating something, reflection using writing or reading.

Arrivals and refreshments from 9.30am

First session begins at 10.00am

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