What's New?

Bookmark this page and visit regularly to keep in touch with changes to the program, special events, additional seminars and retreats, and changes to costs! Articles that were previously published here can be found in the Archives section.

The WellSpring Centre 2010 Program is available to download

The Art of Reconciliation 2010 Information and Application documents are available to download

Information regarding the Building Bridges display Talking Faiths, running until May 28, 2010 at the Immigration Museum can be accessed here.

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Silent Retreats

For information and questions concerning our Silent Retreats, please contact our Silent Retreat Coordinator, Margaret Donald, phone 9725 4208 or Silent Retreat email.

Register or enquire on 9885 0277 or info@wellspringcentre.org.au

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What's Coming Up?

FEBRUARY 2010

Fridays. 5, 12, 19, 26. Christian Meditation. 10.00-11.00am.

Wednesday 10. Circles of Trust Network. 10.00-12.00pm.

Saturday 13 to Sunday 14. Enneagram III: Beyond 9. Gordon Carter. $120/$140 Pre-requisite: Enneagram I and Enneagram II. Saturday, 10.00-5.00 BYO lunch. Sunday, 10.00-3.30. BYO Lunch.
The healthy and unhealthy self. Are there more helpful ways for me to work with my own development? This program continues to explore the individual conversion process noted in the Enneagram 2 workshop. Particular attention is given to the personality sub-types and shared insights from the experience of working with this helpful tool. Two day workshop. Please send a $20 non-refundable deposit within a week of your booking.

Saturday 13. Circle of Trust Gathering. 12.30-4.00, at St Kilda Baptist Church, 9 Pakington Street, St Kilda (Melway 58 C10).

Wednesday 17. Ash Wednesday Service. 7.30pm.


MARCH 2010

Fridays 5, 12, 19, 26. Christian Meditation. 10.00-11.00am.

Tuesday 9. Enneagram Network. 7.30-9.30pm. $20/$25.

Wednesday 10. Circles of Trust Network. 10.00-12.00pm.

Thursday 11. Dream Network. 1.00-3.00pm. $10.

Saturday 13. Circle of Trust Gathering. 12.30-4.00, at St Kilda Baptist Church, 9 Pakington Street, St Kilda (Melway 58 C10).

Saturday 13 to Sunday 14. Enneagram I. Gordon Carter. $120/$140 Saturday, 9.30-6.00 BYO lunch. Sunday, 9.30-3.30. BYO Lunch.
The Enneagram is an ancient way of understanding human personality and growth. A study of it can lead to greater self-understanding and deeper appreciation of others and their uniqueness. In this first workshop we look at the theory and the insights the process offers regarding human behaviour and change. Two day workshop. Please send a $20 non-refundable deposit within a week of your booking.

Thursday 18. Resting in God's Maternal Embrace. Joan Wright Howie. 10.00-12.30pm. $15/$20.
In dialogue with her own lived experience of mothering three young children, Joan has discovered the rich metaphor of Maternal Embrace with its layers of enfolding as a tool to describe encountering God's grace. This quiet day drawn on Joan's Masters in Spiritual Direction research. We explore scriptural references to God's maternal embrace and three motifs of mothering which articulate the experience of Gods grace as nurturing, enabling and enduring. You don't have to be a biological mother or father to participate in offering a maternal embrace as part of our ministry and as children of God we all enjoy this opportunity to rest into God's maternal embrace.

Thursday 18. Celtic Style Worship Service, 8.00pm.

Friday 19 to Sunday 21. Art of Reconciliation Module 1: Developing peace and empathy in our own lives. Tim McCowan. Friday 7.00pm-Sunday 4.00pm, a live-in weekend at St Julian's Retreat & Spirituality Centre, Cheltenham. $270.
Explores the meaning and practice of forgiveness and reconciliation in daily life.

Friday 19 to Sunday 21. Retreat for Young Adults: Asking God, "How do I find out who I am?" Matt Cutler, Kristen Hobby and Marg Loftus. Friday 7.00pm-Sunday 2.00pm. Registrations close Friday March 12. Cost: $120 Email: margloftuswellspring@gmail.com. Phone: 9885 0277. Cost includes food and accommodation. All information & details will be given out upon registering.
"Is the life I'm living, the life that wants to live in me?" (Parker Palmer )
What's of God...and what's not of God? What is God's leading? How do I find/follow it? If God's speaking,why can't I hear it? Am I the only one who has doubts about God? Where is God in the darkness? How do I work out who I am, and what I'm meant to be doing? This weekend retreat, held at Point Lonsdale, will be an opportunity to wrestle with these sorts of questions, with other young adults (approx age 18-30) seeking to be real and honest in their life and faith journey. It will incorporate discussion, some space, exploring various prayer and discernment tools, as well as discussion around a movie and the opportunity to connect with other faith wrestlers. Places are limited - maximum 20 participants. So book your place now! Registrations close Friday March 12.

Register or enquire on 9885 0277 or info@wellspringcentre.org.au