Alton Day of Renewal: Spiritual Mini-Retreat

ADoRE

"The Charismatic Renewal is a current of grace of the Spirit for all the Church, not just for some"  - Pope Francis

This Month










Overall theme for 2024: “CHOSEN TO BE HOLY” - Transformation by the Holy Spirit. 

God has always desired His people to be holy - “Be holy; for I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Leviticus 20:7). And St. Paul told the community in Ephesus that God “chose us in [Christ] . . . to be holy” (Ephesians 1:4). We tend to think that, because we are sinners, we cannot be holy. Yet this is not the whole story, because Jesus shed his blood in order to make us holy (Hebrews 13:12).

The truth is that every baptised person is called to holiness, chosen by the Lord to be fruitful (John 15:16). This is not something we can achieve by our own efforts: the Father gives the Holy Spirit to transform us into the image of Christ, so that our lives can bear fruit in witnessing to the good news of God’s love.

Each month we will develop our understanding and appreciation of how we are to respond to God's call. Showing how being holy doesn’t mean being sinless, joyless or judgemental; it means co-operating with the Holy Spirit as He helps us to love and obey God’s will to love Him and to love our neighbour.

SEE THE FULL 2024 PROGRAMME




LIVE OPTION

Venue: 
St. Dunstan’s Church, 
Shaftesbury Road.
Woking GU22 7DT 

Directions by car and train 
available here: st-dunstans.org/about-usNo need to book. No set charge - donations welcome.

Timing
At St Dunstan's: 10.00am - 3.00pm (see programme below)


Programme for meeting at St Dunstan's:

MORNING (also live-streamed)
10.00am Mass
10.45am Refreshment break/Rosary
11.15am Introduction, Praise & Worship
11.40am Testimony
11.45am Talk by Geoff Poulter
12.45pm Practical Prophecy.

AFTERNOON (not live-streamed)
1.00 pm Lunch PLEASE BRING PICNIC LUNCH
1.45 pm Adoration, Reconciliation and Healing Prayer for Individuals with Prayer Ministry Teams
2.55pm Final announcements
3.00pm Finish










Guest speaker: Geoff Poulter, with his late wife Gina, has been in active Catholic ministry since 1976. He has a degree in Divinity, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Theology. He and Gina were Directors of the Catholic Bible School for 12 years and were awarded the important Papal medal, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. Geoff now leads training courses in Prophecy, Healing and Discipleship by request.

REMOTE LIVE-STREAM OPTION
10.00-1.00 morning session only will be live-streamed 
(no need to register) 
Livestream Link: www.churchservices.tv/woking
(NB Livestream picture can be adjusted to show "Church" or to focus in on "Ambo/Altar")

Worship lyrics will not be visible on screen. To sing along you will need to download the Word document HERE

Live-stream Programme:
MORNING 
10.00am Mass
10.45am Rosary
11.15am Introduction, Praise & Worship
11.40am Testimony
11.45am Talk by Geoff Poulter
12.45pm Practical Prophecy.















ADoRE 21st. September 2024  
"YOU SHALL PROPHESY" Developing the gift of Prophecy
Mini-Retreat for Spiritual Renewal live in Woking and live-streamed on the Internet

There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Prophecy: the popular image is that it’s all about dire predictions of the end of the world. But, as Pope Benedict XVI wrote: “It should be kept in mind that prophecy in the biblical sense does not mean to predict the future but to explain the will of God for the present, and therefore show the right path to take for the future.” (Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini 2010 )

This Day of Spiritual Renewal will explore in more depth how we can ALL ask the Holy Spirit to stir up in us the gift of Prophecy, for the encouragement and comforting of God’s people.