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Be still and find rest at our hidden chapel and peaceful garden on the edge of Sheffield and the Peak District. Whirlow Spirituality Centre is a Christian day retreat centre. A safe place of quiet and peace for reflection, where all are welcome. Click here to find out more about the quiet spaces we have available for you to use. You can find out more about our purpose and values here.

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Praying Without Words
Dec 19
Praying Without Words

Opportunity to practise, share and learn.

Many are drawn to silent prayer, meditation, centering prayer, contemplation ... for that purpose, we run Praying Without Words via Zoom each month.

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Space To Be - Sunday
Dec 22
Space To Be - Sunday

Space to Be is a weekly opportunity to meditate in silence. It takes place in the chapel of the Holy Spirit.

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Contemplative Dialogue
Dec 22
Contemplative Dialogue

Contemplative Dialogue is designed to facilitate a non-threatening, ‘safe place’ for open sharing and discussion. The focus is on listening to ourselves and others, rather than formulating a response to what is being said.

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Contemplative Carols
Dec 24
Contemplative Carols

Join us this Christmas Eve to sing or listen to carols together and enjoy the quiet space of our beautiful, candlelit chapel.

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Christmas Day Reflective Communion
Dec 25
Christmas Day Reflective Communion

Join us for a Christmas Day reflective communion service at 9.45am in the chapel. You are welcome to arrive from 9.30am and join others in silence before the service begins. Our communion services allow time and space for reflection and the formal liturgy tends to be kept short.

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Reflective Communion - Tuesday
Dec 31
Reflective Communion - Tuesday

Join our weekly service in the chapel, overseen by volunteer ministers from various Christian denominations

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The Turn of the Year
Dec 31
The Turn of the Year

Join us for a time of reflection and fellowship as we mark the turn of the year. Together we will prayerfully reflect on 2024 and look forward with hope to the coming year.

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Space to Reflect
Jan 5
Space to Reflect

Space to Reflect is a reflective service led by members of the Whirlow community.

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The Great Search – Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home: BOOK CLUB
Jan 15
The Great Search – Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home: BOOK CLUB

A series of four evening sessions, join us to find out more about John Philip Newell’s book The Great Search. Newell writes: “A new vision of reality is trying to be born. Earth and humanity need healing”.

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Do you believe this? Evening worship for the week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jan 19
Do you believe this? Evening worship for the week of Prayer for Christian Unity

This will be an opportunity to celebrate and draw strength and encouragement from the gift of our shared faith. In these troubled and turbulent times, we can take heart from the endurance of that faith and recognise our inter-connectedness and shared humanity.

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Simple Quiet Days - third Tuesday
Jan 21
Simple Quiet Days - third Tuesday

Space to be before God; to relax, reflect and pray and so to renew your spiritual resources. These days are limited to ten people onsite but may be blended (online and onsite.) on occasions.

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