SGM presents
"SPIRITUAL THRIVING"
An exciting opportunity to spend a day with leading North American spiritual director and sociologist
Dr Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips' workshop will combine teaching and reflection on two core biblical metaphors - rootedness and journeying - and will draw on her rich Spiritual Direction practice experience.
  
Wednesday 3 March 2010
10 am-4 pm (9:30 am reg)
at Church of the Saviour,
2 Heaphy St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland.
Register early to ensure a place.  Pre-payment is essential: $70 before 17th February, $80 thereafter.
(Lunch is included).

Register through the Mercy Spirituality Centre:
Phone 09 638 6238 or email:   programmesmercycentre
     @xtra.co.nz
  
   Click here for flyer

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 - twice each year.

    Click here to read the most recent issue: "Recession"
 Refresh journal
  • We produce an annual programme of retreats, quiet days and other events throughout New Zealand.

    To see the programme for 2010 click here
 Programme

 

Some key people ...

Barbara McMillan

Barbara McMillan
Formation Programme Coordinator

Andrew Pritchard

Andrew Pritchard
SGM Workgroup Convenor

Carole Hunt

Carole Hunt
SGM Administrator

 

 

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