Category Archives: prayer spaces in schools
A book about one school’s prayer space
Way back in early December Hope Church here in Colchester ran iNSPiRE, a prayer space in a local CofE Primary School where they work regularly. As a way of recording the week and feeding back to the school one of … Continue reading
Prayer Spaces in Schools day conferences
Prayer Spaces in Schools is a movement that is growing fast. This year, to better serve the many people who are now running, or planning to run, prayer spaces in schools, we ran conferences in London, Leeds and Edinburgh. In … Continue reading
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Prayer Spaces in Schools autumn conferences online booking info
This is just an update to my earlier post about the upcoming Prayer Spaces in Schools conferences in October. Here are the online booking links: Online booking, London Online booking, Leeds Online booking, Edinburgh If you’re involved in, or interested … Continue reading
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Prayer Spaces in Schools autumn conferences
In one week in July this year more prayer spaces happened in schools than in the whole of 2009. In four years 6 has become 260! From a simple seed of an idea has grown a movement that now embraces … Continue reading
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Sanctum at the Sixth Form College – Friday, and some reflections
And so to Friday which was much like the other four days, though perhaps a little busier – I don’t remember many breaks from guiding people through the activities. There were quite a few people who came back to chat, … Continue reading
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Chaplaincy in Education Conference – Resources for Spiritual Development [u]
Today I have been taking part in the Chaplaincy in Education day conference. Among other things I’ve been working alongside Rachel Warwick in a session looking at Resources for Spiritual Development. The Keynote presentations can be downloaded from the Prayer … Continue reading
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Colchester Episcopal Area Conference
My thanks to all the curious, thoughtful, prayerful, creative people who came to my two workshops today as part of the Colchester Episcopal Area Conference on prayer. In my workshops (one of five available to delegates) we were exploring ideas … Continue reading
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Prayer Spaces in Schools video
There’s a new 5 minute video from Prayer Spaces in Schools on the way with interviews from pupils, teachers and youth/schools workers. It’s a must-see if you’ve ever wondered how prayer spaces work in schools or what kind of impact … Continue reading
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Prayer Spaces in Schools day conference
On Wednesday over 100 youth workers, schools workers, teachers, chaplains and a host of others gathered in the crypt of St. James church, Clerkenwell for the first national day conference of Prayer Spaces in Schools. When we originally planned the … Continue reading
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Prayer Spaces in Schools workshop – Bristol
A couple of Saturdays ago I was in Bristol leading a one day workshop on running Prayer Spaces in Schools. Also on the team was Catherine, from Oxford, Joe from Gloucester and Jo from Cheddar. We each told a few … Continue reading
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