Welcome to our new Administrator:
Joanne Garton

After 16 years as SGM's greatly valued Administrator, Carole Hunt has decided to step down from this role. We will miss you Carole!
We are glad to introduce Joanne Garton as the new SGM Administrator.

Joanne Garton

Joanne lives in South Auckland with her husband, has four adult children, and also works as a Spiritual Director.

'SPIRITUAL THRIVING'
Dr Susan Phillips

Dr Susan Phillips led this workshop in Auckland in 2010. It combined input and creative reflection on two core biblical metaphors: rootedness and journeying.
Audio files (mp3) of the four sessions are available:
1. Glimpses of Grace
2. Journey
3. Fruition
4. Closing session


Who are we?

Spiritual Growth Ministries is a network of people from diverse Christian traditions and experience who find depth and meaning through the whole Christian heritage of contemplative spirituality.

The Spiritual Growth Ministries Trust* aims to enable people to develop spiritual resources for their life and work by deepening their relationship with God in Jesus Christ through spiritual direction, formation of spiritual directors, retreats and other experiences of prayer.

Contemplative spirituality

What do we do?

We express our passionate interest in contemplative spirituality in three main ways:

  • We offer a two year, part-time Formation Programme for the training of Christian spiritual direction.

    Details are available here
  • We publish 'Refresh' - a journal of contemplative spirituality - usually twice each year. After a brief interlude, Refresh is underway again, and the Summer 2012-2013 issue is now available, with the theme "Healing". Click here to read the new issue.
  • We produce an annual Calendar of retreats, quiet days and other events throughout New Zealand.
    To see the new Calendar for 2013 click here.
Programme

* Spiritual Growth Ministries is an incorporated trust registered with the Charities Commission on 17 June 2008 (CC 26037)

New special interest
papers available

Special interest papers written by spiritual directors in formation with SGM have just been added: click here to see all papers.

 

Some key people ...

Barbara McMillan

Barbara McMillan
Formation Programme Coordinator

Andrew Pritchard

Andrew Pritchard
SGM Workgroup Convenor

Joanne Garton

Joanne Garton
SGM Administrator

Diane Gilliam-Weeks

Diane Gilliam-Weeks

Editor of Refresh