Centering Prayer Renewal Day

Contemplative Outreach Garden Route Branch
Centering Prayer Renewal Day

Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. (Psalm 37:7)

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. (Psalm 62:5)

The greatest revelation is stillness. (Huletts Sugar packet!)

DATE: Saturday 21 March 2015
VENUE: St George's Anglican Church Knysna 
COST: R40 donation


PROGRAM GUIDELINE:
Arrivals and Registration

10:00                     Welcome and Introduction

10:30 – 11:30:       Centering Prayer session / Q&A / Centering Prayer session
                              (newcomers to separate venue for introduction to Centering Prayer)

TEA
Book table will be open

12:00 – 01:00        DVD: The Mystery of God by Thomas Keating
                              Reflection and Sharing 
                              Lectio Divina

Picnic LUNCH in the gardens (bring your own) and fellowship
Book table will be open

02:00 – 03:00        DVD: The Rising Tide of Silence (repeat due to popularity)
                              For more info on this movie see: 
                              http://www.benedictusdeus.com/news--blogs/the-rising-tide-of-silence

03:00                     Sharing and Closure

For more information please contact:
LEELA 044 533 0453 / 082 410 4916 

"The basic thrust of Jesus' message is to invite us into divine union, which is the sole remedy for the human predicament. Lacking the experience of divine union, we feel alienated from ourselves, God, other people and the cosmos. Hence, we seek substitues for the happiness for which we are predestined but which we do not know how to find. This misguided search for happiness is the human predicament that the Gospel addresses. The first word that Jesus speaks as he enters upon his ministry is "Repent", which means "change the direction in which you are looking for happiness". Happiness cannot be found in the programs fashioned in early childhood and based on instinctual needs for survival and security, affection and esteem, and power and control over as much of life as possible. These programs cannot possibly work in adult life, although everyone tries hard to make them workable. Happiness can be found only in the experience of union with God, the experience that also unties us to everyone else in the human family and to all reality. This return to unity is the good news ..." [Fr Thomas Keating: The Mystery of Christ]