Lift Up Your Eyes, Parish Church Weekend Away July 2012

 Surrounded by the beautiful Marches hills, we invite you to join us at Cefn Lea for the Parish Church Weekend away in 2012.

From the evening of Friday 6th to after lunch on Sunday 8th July, “Lift Up Your Eyes” will offer time to relax, worship, meet friends from across our congregations, and have some great quality teaching.

Psalm 121 begins with that wonderful encouragement to “lift our eyes to the hills” and look for God’s help.  At Cefn Lea, just over an hour from Shrewsbury, you will be able to lift up your eyes to the beautiful scenery around.  At the same time we will be lifting our eyes to God, being refreshed and renewed by Him, filled with His Spirit and sent out to bring God’s life and love to others.

Surrounded by the beautiful Marches hills, we invite you to join us at Cefn Lea for the church weekend away in 2012

You can see pictures of our last weekend away here

The Speaker - Mark Cavender

 We’re delighted that Martin Cavender is going to be our speaker. Martin is the Director of ReSource, a national movement which works with churches and individuals to be “renewed in the Spirit and effective in mission”. Martin  was formerly the Director of Springboard (The Archbishop’s initiative for evangelism), and comes with long experience of teaching, training, and encouraging people. He has a passion to help people “renew their lives and their church through the power of the Holy Spirit, so that God's message of life-changing love reaches out to others.’ Martin is married to Cesca and they have three grown up children and a growing number of grandchildren

The Programme

Further details will be available nearer the event, but expect the following:

Friday night, arrive, share a meal and join us for worship, introductions and our first teaching session*.  Late night prayer or a chance to relax together will follow.

Saturday morning.  Early morning prayer for the larks, followed by breakfast and a morning of worship and teaching *

Saturday afternoon.  Time to walk, play sport, sit around and talk, sleep; the choice is yours.

Saturday evening.  Let your hair down with our now famous family entertainment.  Late night prayer

Sunday morning.  Early morning prayer, breakfast, teaching sessions* and a closing Communion

Sunday afternoon.  Lunch and departure.

 *Separate, dedicated, programme of children’s and young people’s work

The Accommodation

Cefn Lea offers full catering and a broad range of accommodation to suit different needs, including de luxe, en suite chalets and plenty of space for those who would prefer to camp or would value a single room.  Full details will be on display in our churches or can be found here or see pictures on our web site

Cost and booking

We have done everything we can to keep prices up to 15% lower than similar events elsewehere and, in addition,, we are offering a further early bird dicsount of at least 10% for those who book and pay a deposit befoire Sunday 8 April 2012  Full details and a booking form can be downloaded here.