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"Centre Space" 3 Alcroft Grange Canterbury CT2 9NN Tel: 01227 462038 Email: podger@centrespace.freeserve.co.uk |
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We welcome guests into our home who need a place to spend some time quietly - a few hours, a day, a few days, to
According to your own needs - self-catering, or wholefood/organic meals cooked for you.
Accommodation is in a single or double room, or an ensuite "garden room".
Centrespace, although not far from Canterbury, enjoys the peace and solitude of a surrounding countryside."
Also at Centrespace or other nearby venues:
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RESIDENTIAL - up to 8 persons, 4 single rooms, 2 double rooms: pleasant and cosy rooms with extensive views of the surrounding countryside.
We are always looking for Volunteers here (preferably live-in) aged 18+ to share in the life and work of Centrespace. There are also opportunities to join in the daily peace prayer (Taize style) which provides the pulse of the place. Free board, and room at vastly reduced rate.
Openness to personal development, mind/body healing therapies, and an interest in music, art and dance would be an advantage. Courses available.
A light, quiet self contained room with wheelchair access.
En suite, cooking facility.
For a couple (with young child - cot and folding bed available)
or a single person.
Day use for a small group.
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The exact location of CentreSpace can be seen via the
multimap of CentreSpace.
We are located about 1 mile from the University of Kent campus, yet surrounded by countryside and woodland. Please telephone us to receive precise instructions to find "Centrespace" at No 3 Alcroft Grange. (A sketch map is below.) IMPORTANT: Having arrived at the end of our private road, DO NOT enter through the white gate marked "Alcroft Grange" but rather follow the arrow to No 3 continuing along the track for 200 yards, and park in the small carpark. Follow further arrows to No 3.
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There are people who are looking for an opportunity to share ideas and interests with others in an accepting atmosphere on a fairly regular basis. We offer this opportunity here: it is a monthly informal evening meeting.
It begins by sharing news may one wish to, and then one of the group introduces a topic: it can be anything: a current issue in the news, a book which has meant a lot, an experience, etc. We find that this kind of format works well.
Please let Richard know if this appeals, and/or tell friends about it.
A small group has started to meet for MEDITATION in the Quiet Room (20-25 mins) on Mondays at 12 noon for 12.20 pm. There is room for several more, so join us if this is for you. Meditating with others certainly has advantages.
Heike is at present forming a new EXPLORING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED group -
an awareness training course on Scott Peck's famous book.
"Life is difficult - we cannot expect it to owe us an easy time".
We all need times of withdrawal from busy lives - time to recover in body, mind and spirit. Quiet Days are for inward renewal: helpful texts and pictures can help us in this as do periods of silence, prayer or meditation together.
Please get in touch for further details.
Weekly meeting an Wesdnesday evenings in Canterbury, led by Heike.
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Our own spiritual source is the Christian Faith and the Church of England. We also welcome people who come from different faith backgrounds and those who profess no particular faith. "Struggle and Contemplation". These are the components of life in the words of Roger Schutz (Taize). Life consist of both engagement and withdrawal, tension and relaxation, giving out and taking in. The tendency with many of us though, is that we have too much of the first and not enough of the second. While it is wonderful that there are so many purposeful and necessary things to do, many of which bring fulfillment, all of us are in real danger of becoming unbalanced and losing a sense of our real centre. After a busy and occupied time, we ourselves have often found a sense of "coming home" when we give ourselves even a few minutes pause for reading, reflection, or even doing nothing but living in the present moment. |
We have found these times are valuable, even essential for a healthy and balanced life. They are revitalising and purifying: they bring more of our creativity and alertness to our work and our activities. They enable us to draw deeply from the well of faith that lies within each person.
To this end, we offer our home as a place for individuals or small groups to withdraw to. This place lends itself well to this purpose, being amazingly quiet and surrounded by natural beauty; yet close enough to Canterbury that you can see the Bell Harry tower of the cathedral just over the top of the hill.
As well as retreats for individuals and couples; we also hold, from time to time, a Quiet Day for small groups. This experience can be truly enriching as the participants, creating an energy together, have opportunities for exchange and sharing. The Quiet Day has some structure with two introductions on a spiritual theme, group meditation or prayer and time for personal space.