Revised July
2004
The WellSpring Centre is committed to
providing space and support within a Christian context for those who wish to
deepen their awareness of the presence of God in all of life and to follow the
implications of this in everyday life in ways that are just, compassionate,
healing and reconciling.
To encourage and call
people towards living with a deeper awareness of the presence of God in all the
affairs of everyday life.
To this end, The
Centre will provide:
· Practical support, physical space and resources for
cultivating contemplative living.
· Quiet days, silent retreats and
seminars.
· Personal spiritual direction.
· Opportunities to engage with issues of justice, truth,
peace and reconciliation at all levels – personal, family, community, and
national and international.
· An
inclusive and ecumenical setting where differences of gender, church tradition
and doctrine may be addressed openly and prayerfully.
To provide leadership training and
support to those gifted and called to ministries in the areas of spiritual
direction and reconciliation.
To this end, The
Centre will provide:
· Spiritual formation and training in the art of Spiritual
Direction, and supervision for Spiritual Directors.
· Spiritual formation and training in the practice of
reconciliation.
· God,
whom we worship, is revealed in Jesus Christ and gives us the Holy Spirit to
renew us continually.
· Consistent and prayerful reflection on Scripture is
central to hearing the transforming Word of God in all of
life.
· Both
personal and communal experience is central in matters of faith and
prayer.
· Cultivating the art of listening is central to the
desire to pay attention to God and includes learning to listen to each other and
to God’s created world.
· Listening involves an openness to Christ and the Holy
Spirit which encourages the crossing of traditional barriers and the development
of a new community where differences are respected and honoured but not made
absolute.
· Recognition of the presence and activity of God involves
the development of spiritual discernment, distinguishing the significant from
the trivial, the true from the counterfeit.
· There is an integral relationship between a deeper
awareness of God and an active engagement with everyday life and social
action.
· ‘Sabbath time’, the divine provision of rest,
is essential for the rhythm of life – in maintaining wholeness, perspective and
a sense of God’s saving presence.
· Gifts of ministry should be nurtured and leadership
potential developed.
· The
Centre is called to be a prophetic voice within the Church at
large.
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