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Regional Gathering - NE - Durham
Renewing Hope in Smaller Churches
Part of a series of regional gatherings, offering a day of spiritual refreshment as we reflect on, and pray for, the renewal of smaller churches.
ReSource has a particular calling to support spiritual renewal in ‘little, local, ordinary’ churches. These churches form the backbone of the Church, but sometimes we feel isolated. Join us on Saturday 7th November for a day focused on renewing hope in these smaller churches, but relevant to all.
We will encounter God afresh, renewing confidence in our biblical hope and the power of the Holy Spirit. We will also have times to worship, to reflect, and to wrestle together with the practicalities of living hopefully in smaller churches.
Saturday, 7th November | 10am - 4pm
Venue: St Nics Church Durham, Market Place, Durham, County Durham DH1 3NJ
Please do be in touch if cost is an issue for you.
An Online Retreat for Advent
Come along and gather with us online as we reflect on the wonderful season of Advent.
Led by ReSource Minister Laura Lenander
Focussing on the feast of Advent, this morning retreat will give you time to reflect before we celebrate the first Sunday in Advent and move into the period of waiting to celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus.
This online retreat will combine a time of guided reflection, worship and prayer with time for personal reflection and worship, alongside making space to hear and respond to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Book your free ticket below and join us from the comfort of your own home.
An Online Retreat for Christmas
Come along and gather with us online as we reflect on the wonderful season of Christmas.
Led by ReSource Minister and Alongside Manager Jolyon Trickey
This morning retreat will give you time to breathe, reflect and pray with us on our online retreat for Christmas, with time & space to explore how tuning in to God's Spirit extends our vision for his actions in our lives & our world.
This online retreat will combine a time of guided reflection, worship and prayer with time for personal reflection and worship, alongside making space to hear and respond to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Book your free ticket below and join us from the comfort of your own home.
Healing the Church - A Year of Prayer 2027
Join us for a Year of Prayer in 2027 for Healing the Church.
12 noon on each third Thursday
We invite you to recall the story Jesus tells in Luke 11, about disturbing a friend at midnight and asking him for bread. Jesus says, “even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.”
It is, therefore, with a degree of ‘shameless audacity’ that ReSource is committing to pray into the theme of Healing the Church in 2027.
Why? Scripture reminds us that the Church is the bride of Christ, so it needs to be whole and healed, rather than beleaguered and drifting. There is much to pray for.
If you are able, please do join us on Zoom, at midday on the third Thursday of each month, for an hour of prayer.
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The Fruit of the Spirit and Parish Renewal - Cuddesdon
Join ReSource in partnership with Cuddesdon in April 2027.
The pressures of life and of serving in the church can squeeze joy out of us.
What role does Christian character play in the flourishing of clergy and the parishes they serve? How can local churches become communities that cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit?
And how does this task of spiritual formation relate to parish renewal?
Join ReSource Director and Cuddesdon alumnus Revd Dr Christopher Landau, (and Hon. Professor of Practice in Christian Spirituality at Emmanuel Theological College) alongside Cuddesdon associate tutor Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt. Joanna is author of So Longeth My Soul: A Reader in Christian Spirituality. for this retreat, seeking to relate the Fruit of the Spirit to everyday parish life. Considering questions of formation, the reality of disagreement and the task of renewal, particularly in ‘little, local, ordinary’ churches, the retreat will include a variety of approaches to prayer, and opportunities for group discussion or personal silent reflection.
Cost: £220, to include the programme, accommodation and meals.
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Living in the hope of Pentecost
Join ReSource in partnership with Lee Abbey in 2027 for a week long retreat on the theme of the Hope of Pentecost.
The pressures of life and of serving in the church can squeeze joy out of us.
Pentecost was undeniably extraordinary – but how do we connect, and re-connect, with this part of the Biblical story today? Drawing on the book of Acts, Christopher will consider how the hope and joy of Pentecost meets the reality of daily life, including our personal failings and frustrations (and those of our churches). We will consider what it means to be empowered afresh by the Holy Spirit; why prayer with laying on of hands is such a key theme in Acts; and why the book’s honesty about disciples who hadn’t heard of the Holy Spirit offers us an unlikely encouragement. Full children's programme available. Please register at time of booking.
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This retreat is led by ReSource Director Christopher Landau
Surprised by Joy
Join ReSource in partnership with Scargill in June 2027 for a week long retreat on the theme of joy.
The pressures of life and of serving in the church can squeeze joy out of us.
So, joy becomes an infrequent visitor in our lives, and we get used to living with its absence, while also missing the depth of joy that we have occasionally stumbled upon and long for more of, even in the tough times. In this retreat we will look at what the Bible says about joy, what Jesus taught about joy and at joy as the Spirit’s fruit. We will pray to be re-joyed!
We will search the scriptures together and welcome the Holy Spirit in times of collective worship and prayer. There will also be space in the programme to spend time alone with God, to walk, to talk together, to join in the regular rhythm of the Scargill community’s prayer and to enjoy mid-summer in the incomparable surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales.
There will also be the opportunity to spend time with the retreat leaders in personal conversation should you wish and to receive ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit at various points in the programme.
David prayed in Psalm 51 “restore to me the joy of your salvation” or as The Message paraphrases verse 12 “bring me back from grey exile, put a fresh wind in my sails!”. If this is your prayer too, we look forward to you joining us on the retreat.
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This retreat is led by Kevin and Anne Roberts
Individually Guided Retreat - Cuddesdon
Join ReSource in partnership with Cuddesdon in 2027.
The pressures of life and of serving in the church can squeeze joy out of us.
A retreat lead by the Revds Stephen Dinsmore, Pauline Shepherd and Sue Hope from ReSource.
Cost £220: includes ensuite accommodation, all meals and refreshments.
The retreat offers you the opportunity and time to pay attention to God and God's work in your life, for you to pray and reflect, and to renew, rest, restore and repair.
Each retreatant has their own retreat guide who will assist you to focus. A service of Holy Communion with short address in the morning, and Compline at night complete the framework to facilitate your retreat.
This is a retreat both for those for whom this will be their first silent individually guided retreat and for those for whom it is not - all will be most welcome.
Leaders' Biographies:
Stephen’s passion is to see God’s people released and repaired to fulfil their calling through encounter with the Spirit.
He ministered in parishes in Hull, County Durham, North London, Plymouth, and Essex. For over a decade before retirement he led the mission agency SOMA, fulfilling his passion to encourage, equip and empower church leaders through encounter with the Sprit, ministering internationally mostly across East Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
He retired from SOMA in 2021 and now lives and worships in rural Somerset. He is married to Janet, has three adult children and six grandchildren. He enjoys appreciating family, creation, and being on the water.
Pauline lives in Richmond North Yorkshire.
'I am a retired Anglican priest with permission to officiate in Leeds and Lichfield Dioceses . I am originally from York where I came to faith in my early teens through the witness of my RE teacher and the ministry of the late Rev David Watson.
In the 1970’s and early 80’s I lived in community and was part of the team travelling with David on citywide missions. I have been involved in church leadership in lay and ordained capacities. I was ordained in 2003.
I have many years experience as a Spiritual Director which is my primary calling. I long to see people finding the depth of God’s love for them and providing a safe space for them to work out their spiritual journey. I feel privileged to be part of this ministry of walking alongside people in this way.'
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Alive in Christ - Residential
Alive in Christ Residential
Join us at Lee Abbey in Devon for a 5 day retreat based around the Alive in Christ course. Book your space on the retreat here.
Designed to help you experience a more personal and life-changing relationship with God, the week will use the Alive in Christ material to focus on genuine transformation—not just learning about faith but living it. As we explore themes of freedom, forgiveness and purpose, we’ll be invited to experience God’s love in a fresh way, receive His healing, and discover what it means to live more freely and joyfully as part of His family.
Led by ReSource Minister Sarah Clark.
Online Retreat for Harvest
Join us as we gather online to mark the festival of Harvest.
Split into four hourly sessions, this online retreat will combine a time of guided reflection, worship and prayer with time for personal reflection and worship, alongside making space to hear and respond to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Led by Resource Minister The Revd Canon Alan Bing
The retreat is hosted on Zoom and is free of charge with the option to make a donation.
Please sign up using the form below. You will receive the zoom meeting details by email prior to the event.
Sustaining Fruitful Ministry
Reflect on your place in the marathon that is ministry with this 2 day retreat.
Join ReSource in partnership with Scargill this September for a 2-night retreat on the theme of ‘Sustaining Fruitful Ministry’ and what it means to be faithful to the marathon, not a sprint. We will reflect on ‘the fire that doesn't go out’ and ‘the well that doesn't dry up’, welcoming the consolation and inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the joys and sorrows of public ministry.
This retreat will contain content and session more appropriate for lay leaders and clergy across the church and will include a variety of sung worship and prayer, Biblical teaching, space for personal reflection, and opportunities to welcome the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
This retreat is led by + John Holbrook, Felicity Lawson and Annie Naish.
For clergy and lay leaders who wish to spend the week at Scargill, or if you would like to attend a ReSource retreat here, please follow the link to see the other retreat available this week - ‘Nourishing our roots‘.
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Nurturing our roots in Prayer - FULL
This event is now fully booked
Reflect on the role of prayer for spiritual renewal with this 2 day retreat.
Join ReSource in partnership with Scargill this September for a 2-night retreat on the theme of ‘Nurturing our roots in Prayer’. Exploring how prayer can nourish our roots and how essential it is to our christian life and bearing ‘fruit that will last’ (John 15:16).
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”
This retreat is open to, and will include content that is accessible for all. With a variety of sung worship and prayer. Biblical teaching, space for personal reflection, and opportunities to welcome the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
This retreat is led by Christopher Landau, Felicity Lawson and Annie Naish.
For clergy and lay leaders wishing to spend Monday-Friday at Scargill, this retreat leads into ‘Sustaining Fruitful Ministry’.
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Worship Works Weekend
Make new connections, deepen faith and explore worship for all with this weekend away at Hebron Hall, near Cardiff.
Following on from our ‘Music and Worship in Smaller Churches’ events in 2023 and 2024, we’re delighted to promote this event in Hebron Hall Christian Centre, led by our ReSource Minister Roger Jones, from CMM (Christian Music Ministries).
Tickets are still available for both residential and day guests. To enquire about the event or book, please email bookings@hebronhall.org.
The Past, Present and Future of Charismatic Renewal - Consultation
A consultation exploring the
past, present and future
of charismatic renewal.
Monday 15th - Wednesday 17th June, 2026
What was gained by the church during the Charismatic Renewal in the period 1960 - 2000?
What has been lost since?
What wisdom do we learn from this history for the church’s ministry and mission today?
How do we introduce Christian life in the power of the Holy Spirit to those who are newly coming to faith - not least in the context of ‘quiet revival’?
These are some of the questions that will be explored during this three day gathering, which brings together serving church leaders with historians, theologians, and those with personal memories of charismatic renewal to share.
Drawing on new research focussed primarily on charismatic renewal within the Church of England, the Consultation will consider how this work of the Spirit impacts the whole church today, and into the future.
Venue: Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire.
Date: Monday 15th - Wednesday 17th June, 2026
Price from 1st Feb - £285pp
Automated bookings are now closed. If you are interested in attending, please email bookings@resourcingrenewal.org to discuss availability and request a booking form.
Key Contributors:
Automated bookings are now closed. If you are interested in attending, please email bookings@resourcingrenewal.org to discuss availability and request a booking form.
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Regional Gathering - NW Conurbations - Bolton
The caterer is already preparing for the day so we may not be able to cater for specific dietary requirements although we will do our best. If you have any questions please contact katie@resourcingrenewal.org.
All who are thirsty
Part of a series of regional gatherings, offering a day of spiritual refreshment as we reflect on, and pray for, the renewal of smaller churches.
Join ReSource at St Andrew’s Church Over Hulton on Saturday 13th June for a day focussed on renewing hope in ‘little, local, ordinary’ contexts. We will encounter God afresh, renewing our confidence in the inextinguishable power of biblical hope. We will also have times to worship, to reflect, and to wrestle together with the practicalities of living hopefully in smaller churches. This day will be hosted by the Revd Jolyon Trickey, the Ven David Picken and others. Book your tickets below.
Saturday, 13th June | 10am — 4pm
Venue: St Andrew’s Church Over Hulton, Crescent Ave, Bolton, BL5 1EN
Book your tickets at the bottom of the page
09:45 Refreshments on arrival
10:00 Welcomes
10:20 Enter his Gates with Thanksgiving
11:05 Coffee break
11:30 Isaiah 55:1-6 & the desert experience – a conversation
with quiet and informal reflection
12:00 Response, followed by opportunity for prayer
1pm Lunch
2:00 Afternoon session, starting with worship
About ReSource
2:20 Finding Jesus at work
Discussion in small groups and panel reflections
3:30 Closing, prayer ministry with the offer of anointing
4:00 Departures
Online retreat for Pentecost
Join us online for this Pentecost retreat
Spend time reflecting on the day of Pentecost, remembering the Holy Spirit is, who he is, how he works and the special day when the Apostles first encountered the Holy Spirit.
This retreat will run from 9 am - 1pm and will be split into 4 hour long sessions, each including a time of sung worship, prayer, guided reflection and times of silence and contemplation. As well as leaving space for a fresh encounter with the Holy Spirit, and an equipping for our calling to mission and service.
Led by ReSource minister the Revd Andy Ackroyd.
“Just a valued time that I was able to book in my diary, look forward to, and have things to prayerfully dwell on in these subsequent days”
An Online Retreat Attendee
Ministry Seminars
Ministry Seminars
Thursdays at 2-3.15pm from 16th April to 14th May
This year our work on the history of charismatic renewal moves into a new phase, focussing on how what we have been learning can resource the church today. These Ministry Seminars offer an opportunity to reflect on varied aspects of charismatic life and ministry. Each seminar (led by ReSource Director, Christopher Landau) will include input from speakers engaging with both recent history and contemporary practice. There will be opportunities for discussion in breakout rooms, and a time of plenary feedback/questions. Each seminar will conclude with a time of open prayer.
There will be opportunities for discussion in breakout rooms, and a time of plenary feedback/questions. Each seminar will conclude with a time of open prayer.
23rd April: Spiritual Gifts as tools, not trophies: problems and possibilities.
30th April: Facing the shadows: the impact of abuse and failure in charismatic ministry.
7th May: Developing or re-invigorating Prayer Ministry in the local church.
14th May: Connecting with liturgy: baptism, confirmation and anointing as conduits for the Spirit’s work
Regional Gathering – South Yorkshire - Barnsley
All who are thirsty…
Part of a series of regional gatherings, offering a day of spiritual refreshment.
Join ReSource at St George’s Church, Barnsley on Saturday 9th May. We will worship and encounter God afresh, renew our faith in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and discern how God is calling us in this particular season. We will also pray for each other, enjoy a good quality lunch and have the option of receiving prayer ministry and/or anointing with oil.
Led by ReSource minister the Revd Jolyon Trickey and others.
Saturday, 9th May 2026 | 10am — 4pm
Venue: St. George’s Church, York Street, Barnsley, S70 1BD
Book your ticket at the bottom of the page
09:45 Refreshments on arrival
10:00 Welcomes
10:20 Enter his Gates with Thanksgiving
11:05 Coffee break
11:30 Isaiah 55:1-6 & the desert experience
with quiet and informal reflection
12:00 Response, followed by opportunity for prayer
1pm Lunch
2:00 Afternoon session, starting with worship
About ReSource
2:20 Transformed by Jesus
Discussion in small groups and panel reflections
3:30 Closing, prayer ministry with the offer of anointing
4:00 Departures
Regional Gathering - Wales - Llandrindod Wells
All who are thirsty…
Part of a series of regional gatherings, offering a day of spiritual refreshment.
Join ReSource at Holy Trinity on Saturday 25th April. We will worship and encounter God afresh, renew our faith in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and discern how God is calling us in this particular season. We will also pray for each other, enjoy a good quality lunch and have the option of receiving prayer ministry and/or anointing with oil. This day will be led by the Revd Jolyon Trickey, the Ven Mones Farah and others. Book your tickets below.
Saturday, 25th April | 10am — 4pm
Venue: Holy Trinity, Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5EY
Book your ticket at the bottom of the page
09:45 Refreshments on arrival
10:00 Welcomes
10:20 Enter his Gates with Thanksgiving
11:05 Coffee break
11:30 Isaiah 55:1-6 & the desert experience – a conversation
with quiet and informal reflection
12:00 Response, followed by opportunity for prayer
1pm Lunch
2:00 Afternoon session, starting with worship
About ReSource
2:20 Finding Jesus at work
Discussion in small groups and panel reflections
3:30 Closing, prayer ministry with the offer of anointing
4:00 Departures
Holy Week Online Retreat
Join us online for our Holy Week Retreat.
Take a morning with others to reflect on the events that took place during Holy week. This retreat will be made up of 4 hour sessions, each one made up with times of prayer, guided reflections, sung worship and self reflection.
“The length of the talk/ bible study was ideal with lots to dwell on and to apply to my own life.”
An online retreat Attendee.
by ReSource Director, the Revd Dr Christopher Landau.
Renewed in Prayer, Pleshey Retreat
Renewed in Prayer
ReSource works to encourage spiritual renewal in local churches, particularly ‘little, local, ordinary’ churches. This retreat will explore a variety of approaches to prayer, with a particular emphasis on what it means for prayer to come alive through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The work of ReSource is founded on the promise of living water for every Christian (John 7:38), and we will relate this hope to our life of prayer, reflecting also on the promise in Romans 8 that the Spirit ‘helps us in our weakness’ and ‘intercedes for us’.
“ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. ” Romans 8: 26 - 27
Based at The Diocesan Retreat House, Pleshey, CM3 1HA
To book your place click here
ReSource has published a new course, Together in Prayer, which is particularly designed to help encourage small group prayer, including in contexts where few people are used to praying together in small groups.
Some elements of the retreat will draw on this material, and we will encourage those on the retreat to journey together in small group prayer (whether or not this is a new adventure in prayer for you!).
Led by:
Revd Dr Christopher Landau is the Director of ReSource. Before ordination he was the BBC World Service’s religious affairs correspondent; he is the author of Loving Disagreement and has a particular desire to see the Spirit bring unity among Christians. He has previously been in parish ministry in London, and student chaplaincy in Oxford. He is Honorary Professor of Practice in Christian Spirituality at Emmanuel Theological College.
Revd Esther McCafferty spent 37 years in full-time stipendiary ministry in ‘little, local and ordinary’ churches, having originally trained as a primary school teacher. Intercession has sustained and encouraged her in tough inner city/urban situations, and she now feels called to be a blessing to others, through intercession, in renewal, discipleship and mission. She has been an Intercessor for both ReSource and the international mission agency SOMA.
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Lunchtime Conversations - Blessings and Blind Spots
Blessings and Blind Spots
How do different traditions and streams within the life of the Church of England engage with the Holy Spirit?
What might this mean for the renewal of the church?
Join ReSource Director Christopher Landau for a series of live conversations on Zoom, on Wednesday lunchtimes in January and March, exploring these questions with a series of interviewees from across the breadth of the CofE.
Each session will begin at 1pm, with around thirty minutes of conversation between Christopher and his guest, followed by questions and input from those attending. The final ten minutes or so will be a time of prayer, using the ‘Prayer During the Day’ framework. Feel free to bring your lunch!
This series is now finished, but you can catch up on the conversations here:
Bishop Mark Tanner.
Mark is Bishop of Chester. As Patron of ReSource, he says it ‘exists to serve and seek renewal in the Spirit in every season without recourse to easy triumphalism or simplistic answers’. He is the author of The Introvert Charismatic.
Bishop Paul Thomas*.
Paul is Bishop of Oswestry, and a Forward in Faith Executive Committee member. As bishop he extends pastoral and sacramental care to 110 traditional catholic churches across the Canterbury province.
[*The conversation with Paul Thomas will be pre-recorded, and the live discussion following will reflect on his contribution and the series as a whole.]
The Revd Canon Dr Michael Leyden.
Michael is Dean of Emmanuel Theological College, which offers a wide variety of ministerial training across the north-west of England. Having served in a variety of contexts, Michael describes himself as a ‘sacramental charismatic’.
The Revd Marcus Walker.
Marcus is chair, and one of the founders, of the ‘Save the Parish’ movement. At St Bartholomew the Great in London he has overseen remarkable growth in a church that embraces history, tradition and a liturgical life rooted in the BCP.
The Revd Simon Ponsonby.
Simon is Pastor of Theology at St Aldates Oxford, and author of many acclaimed books on Christian discipleship, including More: How You Can Have More of the Spirit When You Already Have Everything in Christ.
Dr Ros Clarke.
Ros is Associate Director of Church Society and oversees its online content. She has a PhD on canonical interpretations of the Song of Songs, holds to complementarian theology, and is a member of General Synod.
Bishop Leah Vasey Saunders.
Leah was appointed Bishop of Doncaster in 2025, having previously been Vicar of Lancaster. She remains Chair of On Fire Mission, which promotes charismatic and Catholic renewal in the Church of England.
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