Winter 2018

Through the winter seasons of 

Advent, Christmas and Epiphany 2018-19, 

the Wild Fortune Quiet Garden will be closed. 

We give thanks for all those who have journeyed with us over this last year and look forward to welcoming you again in the Spring of 2019. 

With love and prayer for Advent and Christmastide

Tessa & Mark

‘The Father spoke one Word, which was his Son,

and this Word he speaks in eternal silence, 

and in silence, It must be heard by the soul.’

John of the Cross

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The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden - Spring & Summer 2018

Jesus said,

‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’

Mark 6:31

2018 spring and summer dates for The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden 

May 9th

June 13th
July 11th

We shall be closed during August.

Booking is required; please email to enquire about available spaces

Rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition of prayer and hospitality, the vision of the Wild Fortune Quiet Garden is to provide space for stillness and quiet prayer in accompanied silence in the surroundings of our home and garden and the adjoining woods of Sandgate Park.                                                                            

Each Quiet Garden morning begins at 10am with introduction and short meditation, followed by time for personal space. The morning closes with shared reflections and prayer, finishing by 12.30pm. We are open monthly through the year on a Wednesday morning. The house and garden are closed during August.

                                       

Each morning begins promptly at 10am and finishes by 12.30pm. 

Spaces are limited (8 max) and booking is essential.

To reserve a place, please contact:
Tessa & Mark Holland
Email: wildfortune@btinternet.com

   

Affiliated to the Quiet Garden Trust.

Details of other Quiet Gardens in West Sussex and worldwide are available on the Trust’s website. www.quietgarden.org

Love bade me welcome

Love

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guiltie of dust and sinne.
But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lack’d anything.

A guest, I answer’d, worthy to be here:
Love said, you shall be he.
I the unkinde, ungratefull? Ah my deare,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?

Truth Lord, but I have marr’d them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, sayes Love, who bore the blame?
My deare, then I will serve.
You must sit down, sayes Love, and taste my meat:
So I did sit and eat.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden
Ash Wednesday - 14th February 2018, St Valentines.

Peace be with you

Epiphanytide 2018

The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden Spring 2018

Dates:
January 10th
February 14th
March 14th
Spaces are limited (8 max) and booking is essential.
Contact: Tessa & Mark Holland  - email:

The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden
 Tessa Holland 

wildfortune@btinternet.com

All Quiet Garden mornings begin at 10am with a short welcome and led meditation which leads into the shared silence of the rest of the morning. You are then welcome to use the house and prayer loft, garden or woods for some personal time, to read, pray, be still, walk, gaze, fall asleep - whatever your body, mind and soul require in the quiet. Teas and coffee are available in the kitchen. We then gather again at 12 for shared reflections and closing prayer, finishing by 12.30.

Peace be with you