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NEW CO-SPECIAL INTEREST COORDINATOR – LEARNING DISABILITIES AND NEURODIVERSITY (AND A VISIT TO THE ‘PEBBLES’ SANGHA IN BRIGHTON) At the recent WCCM National Council meeting it was proposed that the

Recently something struck me for the first time. Amazingly, since I have been meditating for a long time. I was struck by John Main’s emphasis on small groups. During a

Quiet morning in preparation for Advent Meditators from Bristol and around met on Saturday 23rd November 2024. It was a beautiful morning, making space in our busy lives to pause

Christian Meditation in Cumbria traces its roots back to 1988 when it was originally formed as the Cumbria Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer by Revd. David Wood. Thirty-seven years later it

Five years ago, on 23 March 2020, a nationwide lockdown was announced due to the COVID pandemic. WCCM meditation groups had to reimagine how they continued their practice. As the

I’m a member of a small online WCCM group. We preface our meditations with a short reading. Several of the members take turns to facilitate. A recent choice was some

4th January 2025 The process of leaving one’s everyday life is somewhat traumatic – much as l am grateful for the time away and the fact that it is completely

WCCM’s Outreach theme for 2025 is ‘The Risk of Living Together’. This is a challenge for most of us. I had been listening to the remembrance services to mark the

The Trustees and I often view, with delight, accounts of activities in our national community to facilitate the sharing of John Main’s gift of meditation to us. So a big

Dear Friends, Hello! I have always enjoyed reading the quarterly Newsletter of our community. I think we owe a great debt of gratitude to Margaret Comerford who has fulfilled the

At our recent UK Oblate Retreat at the Kairos Centre, we received four Novices, Jan Bundy, Sharon, Moira Whelan, and Anne Jaxa Chemiec as full oblates and welcomed Robert Mc

The Voice of this Calling:Listening to the voice of our souls in a confusing world.Speaker: Bridget HewittFriday 20th Sept. – Sunday 22nd Sept. 2024At the Ammerdown Centre A Transformative Experience:

Sally Walters, Contact for Nailsea Meditation Group Team writes: I feel ‘full to the brim’, overflowing with thankfulness for our pilgrimage. Our Bishop and missional priest for youth and young

Lucy Blows became curate in the Benefice of Pill, Easton in Gordano and Portbury a year ago. She has set up a new meditation community starting with a 6-week Introductory

May I share my experience of plucking up courage to introduce meditation in my local Anglican church. To start a regular meditation group in my village felt like a gift

The WCCM theme for 2025 is The Risk of Living Together. I thought to myself how appropriate a theme this is – given all the riots that have sadly erupted