ammerdown

Christmas Houseparty

This is what came back to us from previous houseparties. ‘Christmas at Ammerdown was as wonderful as ever, thanks to the love and dedication of all who helped make it happen – plus the...

Writing Workshop

Led by: Ali Hull & Bob Hartman

With many years of experience in writing, publishing and teaching behind them, Bob Hartman and Ali Hull offer an introduction to the world of the written word. Whether you want to write for children...

Finding Fulfilment: Three Centred Living

Led by: Jacqueline Evans, Jill & Antonio Benet

“I am one with the Source insofar as I act as a source by making everything I have received flow again,” Raimon Panikkar.  In this retreat, we will be looking at how we can join...

Introduction to the Enneagram

Led by: Karen Webb

The Enneagram is an ancient model of personality and spirit.  Describing nine surprisingly different personality types and their habits of perception, it enables us to look deeply into our...

Chinese Brush Painting - Longevity

Led by: Julia Martin

Longevity, the theme for this Chinese Brush Painting course, is a highly regarded concept of Chinese culture, represented by numerous themes and symbols in art. We will paint a pine tree with its...

Easter Retreat

Led by: Angela Townshend, Christine Clinch and Bill Thomson

Journeying through Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday to Easter Day, the day of resurrection, gives us the opportunity to enter the story and reflect on its meaning for our lives today....

Spring Break

Led by: Gwyneth Evans & Lynn Douglas

This week is designed for seniors looking for an accessible place to rest, recuperate and recharge. Ammerdown provides comfortable bedrooms, beautiful gardens and the opportunity to enjoy delicious...

Embroidered Redwork Bag

Led by: Annette Bolton

During this course you will be able to work on an attractive and practical decorative bag, which would have many uses, including storing your stitching projects or materials. The hand embroidery is...

Silver Jewellery

Led by: Pauline Payne

An opportunity to learn traditional silversmithing techniques such as saw piercing, soldering and polishing so you can develop your own ideas into beautiful pieces of jewellery. Suitable for complete...

Piano Hinge Bindings for Artists and Calligraphers

Led by: Josie Brown

Calligraphy and paintings inevitably have a visual uniqueness.  To complement this, these free-standing structures offer an alternative to having to frame artwork and open yet another...

Living Theology

Living Theology is a course for everyone interested in deepening their knowledge of the Christian faith, and developing their personal reflection on Christian living and belief. Participants will be...

God in Jewish Tradition

Led by: Rabbi Howard Cooper

What images of God can one find in Jewish tradition? During this weekend participants will have an opportunity to explore how God  is portrayed and ‘imagined’ within Jewish...

Embroidered Felt Needle Roll

Led by: Annette Bolton

This is an exciting course using felt to make a lovely folder for storing all your sewing equipment, including needles, pins, scissors etc. Felt is extremely versatile and a wonderful medium to...

Playing in the Presence of God

Led by: Anna Garvie

Playing in the Presence of God is a workshop/retreat where participants are invited to engage in process art as part of their spiritual journey.   Playing with unfamiliar materials, outside...

Just Passing Through

Led by: Sue Brayne

This weekend retreat provides an opportunity to take time out from our hectic world so we can explore our relationship with mortality and the inevitability of our death. Developing an acceptance of...

Breathe Deep

Led by: Gail & Ian Adams

This weekend will be an opportunity to pause and to breathe deep - to imagine the divine breath Yahweh breathing life in us, and through us, to bring good to the world.  Breathe deep...

Blessed are the Peacemakers

Led by: Sister Margaret Shepherd & Jonathan Gorsky

The course will examine violent religious texts, and offer approaches to using them as a resource for understanding violence and conflict in our time. We will see how Jewish and Christian...

Individually Guided Retreat

Led by: Sister Felicity Young

The Individually Guided Retreat offers the opportunity for up to six people to spend several days in silence with Sr Felicity Young, an experienced Spiritual Director, who will guide them in their...

Watercolour based Mixed Media

Led by: Dawn Oliver

On this course we will be using Watercolour as a base or addition to mixed media. We will be covering different textures, techniques, collage and much more. Dawn’s course is suitable for anyone...

Mindfulness for Doctors

Led by: Gwen Adshead, Shaun Bhattacherjee & Mark Radcliffe

This retreat offers doctors from any specialty or grade a chance to practise mindfulness in a group with other doctors. This retreat is run by three doctors who have a long-standing interest in...

The Healing Power of Vocal Sound

Led by: James d’Angelo

 This course will be centred on producing various kinds of pulsating toning using vowels, consonants and seed syllables for this purpose.  Such sounds are both external and internal so...

Poetry Prayer and Silence

Led by: Sue Glanville

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin Does poetry make your heart sing? Are you drawn to silent...

Bobbin Lace

Led by: Pompi Parry

Bobbin lace making is fun, creative, absorbing and stimulating especially when like-minded students come together to extend their knowledge and learn new skills.  Pompi Parry loves to share her...

Returning Jesus to his Jewish Context

Led by: Prof. Sr. Maureena Fritz, nds, Ph.D

Supersessionism asserts that the new covenant through Jesus Christ supersedes the Mosaic Covenant of God.  Interpretations of such texts have led to disastrous results for the Jews. Since...

Chinese Brush Painting – Aquatic China

Led by: Julia Martin

Aquatic life provides a wealth of interesting subjects to discover and paint. We will cover the ‘essentials’ for beginners, and participants will learn through demonstration and...

Spiritual Gifts and the Enneagram: Subtypes and Soul

Led by: Karen Webb

Within each of the nine types are three subtypes: self-preservation, social belonging, and one-to-one relationship. Our personality's most unconscious strategies are the greatest barrier to...

Silver Jewellery

Led by: Pauline Payne

An opportunity to learn traditional silversmithing techniques such as saw piercing, soldering and polishing so you can develop your own ideas into beautiful pieces of jewellery. Suitable for complete...

Exploring the Imagination

Led by: John Bell

For some people it is a bogus reality, for others a source of delight, but what was God's purpose in bestowing those made in God's image with imagination? In this retreat we will look both at...

Autumn Break

Led by: Gwyneth Evans & Lynn Douglas

This week is designed for seniors looking for an accessible place to rest, recuperate and recharge. Ammerdown provides comfortable bedrooms, beautiful gardens and the opportunity to enjoy delicious...

Calligraphy for All

Led by: Josie Brown

This course, across 5 days, will introduce beginners to the art of writing beautifully – covering the basics of using a broad-edge pen, using colour, principles of layout and design and also...

Writing Your Own Memoir

Led by: Rosie Jackson

Writing your memoir can be a wonderfully fulfilling and healing process.  Whether it is for yourself, your children or grandchildren, for publication or self-publishing, a memoir helps make...

Embroidered Wild Flower Garland

Led by: Annette Bolton

The variety of wild flowers is immense, wild pansy, daisies, cornflowers, buttercups etc, it will be a real delight choosing which flowers you will embroider for your garland. This circular garland...

Saints Alive

Led by: Margaret Silf

Celebrate All Saintsdifferently this year, in the company of some unlikely and unexpected saints. Meet the B-team who stood alongside Jesus when the A-team betrayed, denied and deserted him. Discover...

Stained Glass Window Workshop

Led by: Sarah Finch

Teaching people of all abilities, including beginners, how to make a stained-glass window/piece and ensuring that everyone leaves with a hand-made masterpiece, Sarah Finch will help you to master the...

Calm in the Chaos

Led by: Margaret Silf

We are living our lives amid stormy and turbulent circumstances, both personally and collectively, and we long for ‘the peace that the world cannot give’. During this week we will reflect...

Stitched Textiles

Led by: Siân Martin

This weekend workshop is suitable for experienced textile artists and is part of a continuous series of weekends (two weekends per year) to help participants develop confidence and an adventurous...

Finding Fulfilment: Living Fully

Led by: Jacqueline Evans, Jill & Antonio Benet

“I am one with the Source insofar as I act as a source by making everything I have received flow again,” Raimon Panikkar.  In this retreat, we will be looking at how we can join...

Making Personalised Christmas Cards

Led by: Dawn Oliver

On this course we will be creating personalised Christmas Cards for special people in your life. We will use a wide range of techniques and mediums. Bring your own materials and Dawn will also supply...

Advent Retreat

Led by: Pádraig Ó Tuama

This weekend course will explore the dynamic of Welcome in the context of conflict. Through groupwork, poetry, discussion and teaching, we will reflect on the following questions: How can we find a...

Christmas House Party

Ammerdown is the perfect place to celebrate Christmas: good company, delicious, home-cooked food, beautiful surroundings. As soon as you walk in and see the Christmas tree and our welcoming staff,...