Rooted in our Baptism: we too may live a new life…

Healthy plants need healthy roots. Roots give stability, they take up the nutrients that are needed for growth, and they seek out hydration for the desert times.

To be healthy as Christians, we need to be rooted – searching out those things that will sustain us for the long haul, going deep into those things that will give us stability.

In this month's Encounter Day, Gilly will be helping us to reflect on what it means to be rooted in our baptism.

Gilly is a minister in Cheadle, South Manchester. For the last 18 months she has been rooted in 1 Corinthians, discussing with a large group of women from 14 different churches what 'new life' in Christ is really all about. What is it that happens in baptism that makes a wholly 'new way of being' so desirable and so possible? And why does it sometimes feel so unbearably difficult? 

Gilly writes, "Of one thing I am certain: there is more glory to life than I have begun to imagine - but it doesn't always look as I expect it to!"

Encounter Days - Connecting more deeply with God

How do you most readily experience a sense of God’s presence?

Some people love silence and long for space to simply be.

Others find silence difficult, almost physically painful.

In our Encounter Days there will always be lots of space for quiet for those who value the silence, but we also recognise that not everyone processes internally.

We want to encourage additional ways of seeking a sense of God’s presence which might include discussion, prayer, or walking in a group or with another, making or listening to music, making or creating something, reflection using writing or reading.

Arrivals and refreshments from 9.30am

First session begins at 10.00am