An oasis of calm and reflection...
        ...come and be refreshed for the journey

It's widely recognised that we need to take more time out from our increasingly busy lives to reflect and take stock, so that we can be more effective in our service for our families, our churches and society. It's a pattern that Jesus himself established, enabling him - and his disciples - to serve God more fully.

We have a wide range of events planned for 2010 to help you to relax, reflect and restore your physical, mental and spiritual facilities. Each one offers the chance for a deepening relationship with God, and being re-charged for life.

For details, please go to our Events Listing.

Read our interview with Joyce and David Huggett on the value of making a retreat.

Read the article which appeared in Bournemouth's Daily Echo, or read some reflections and comments made by our guests about their stay with us.

We are delighted to announce two important new staff appointments. Rev. Les Judd has been appointed Chaplain and he has already begun work with us. You can read more about him here.
	We also welcome Andy Challis as our new Centre Manager. Andy comes with a wide range of management experience gained during his work at a youth training and accommodation centre, and as operations manager for a Christian holiday company.

Both men will be commissioned at West Cliff Baptist Church in Westbourne on Saturday March 6th at 2.00pm. See your personal invitation to this event.

Regular guests will know that, as well as being able to complete an on-line form to make your booking with us, you can also download a paper form. Until now, you had to print this form out and post it to us. From now on, you will find that you can complete the form by typing into it, then save it and email it to us. No paper required!

Want to catch up on some past issues? Find them here:

    Winter 2009    |    Autumn 2009    |    Summer 2009

..have now been answered on our new "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) page!
Why not have look at it now?

While we are without a Pastoral Director, we have several Christion counsellors whom we can call upon to give advice and counsel to our guests, but these consultations need to be booked in advance. We can also continue to offer spiritual direction through our Executive members and external experts. During the interregnum we will be having locum chaplains from time to time, who will be able to offer pastoral care to guests.

In line with many retreat centres who offer skilled spiritual accompaniment and counselling we make a charge for hourly sessions of this service. The fee for counselling is from £30 per hourly session, and there is normally one session during a week-long stay. For spiritual accompaniment a fee of £35 is charged, and for those booking an individually guided retreat, which usually involves several shorter sessions of spiritual guidance in a stay, the fee will be from £40 per week.

Recognising the increasingly stressful nature of ministry today, we are offering a discount on our (already very reasonable!) prices for ministers in full-time ministry and/or their spouses. This is a great chance to get away, relax near the sea, talk through your difficulties and experience spiritual renewal.

Contact Andy Challis (0845 230 2680 or 01202 764776), to make your booking.