Retreat: What Next Lord? Discerning Your Next Steps

Are you approaching one of life’s crossroads? Or perhaps you just sense that change is on the horizon? These are times to pause, reflect and pray.

This retreat offers you the opportunity to explore the question, ‘What next, Lord?’ Each morning Dr Tom and Judi Walsh will help you explore how God has been shaping and guiding you. Every afternoon Dr Steve Aisthorpe, will offer a variety of options for personal reflection (out in nature or in the art room, using scripture, walking etc), to help you listen to God and prepare yourself for transition. Dr Tom and Judi Walsh work as cross-cultural mission partners for the Navigators, based in Glasgow. Dr Steve Aisthorpe is Centre Director at Kilmalieu. All three have a wealth of experience of helping people to go deeper with God and discern their calling.

All options are … well, optional! Likewise, there will be possibilities for sharing experiences and insights with others, but there is certainly no expectation or pressure to do so. Throughout the week you will be invited to join in the daily rhythms of morning and evening prayers with the team at Kilmalieu. You will be offered a one-to-one time with one of the retreat leaders and there will be plenty of time to enjoy the rugged beauty of the mountains, woodland and coastline.

Accommodation is in the renovated eighteenth-century hunting lodge, with a mixture of comfortable single, twin and family bedrooms. Some rooms have en-suite facilities, while others have shared toilet and shower facilities available.

The retreat is fully catered, starting with dinner after arrival on Monday and ending with breakfast on Friday. Food is home-made and consistently praised for its quality. Guests have access to a small library, art room, lounge, chapel, gym and games room – and are free to explore the 3000 acre estate, where otters, seals, butterflies, lichens, ferns, incredible bird life and many other aspects of nature can be enjoyed.