5 Day Reset for
a new season
12th-16th April 2027
Experience trusted Christian ways to pray that lead you into a new season.
Led by Rev Nick and Ros Henwood.
What to Expect
Each day will be framed with an optional rythm or prayer in the chapel
Half morning and late-afternoon workshops will give you tools and inspiration.
At other times you will have space to enjoy the house, garden and local landscape, on your own or with new friends.
You might like to take a packed lunch for an extended walk.
Explore other pages of this website to get a glimpse of Richard and Amanda's generous hospitality and the facilities of Raven House.
This week will be led by Nick and Ros Henwood
Who is this retreat for?
Whether you've been on a week like this before, or this feels very new, we think you'll find this space valuable.
It may even become your annual week of renewal...
Your guides:
Nick and Ros met at St Aldate’s Oxford, when they were students (medicine and modern languages). Nick trained to be a GP and Ros a teacher. A year at All Nations Christian College was followed by 9 years in Nepal (where they met Richard and Amanda) working with Interserve. Based in Leicester since 2005 they served in an Anglican new estate church plant and a New Frontiers church. Nick was ordained in 2024, and is now a curate in multi-cultural Belgrave. Ros has found receiving, giving and teaching Spiritual Direction life-giving and enjoys meeting international students.
Walk the Labyrinth
Designed on a Computer. Mown with precision. First walked in May 2026.
A labyrinth looks like a maze, but there is only one path - so you cannot get lost.
Take a moment in the entrance to pray and offer your next 20 minutes or so to God.
As you make your way, letting the path be your guide, give your worries and responsibilities over to God, who loves and holds you.
At the centre picture Jesus, at whose cross all our troubles can be safely left. Enjoy the gift of lightness.
As you retrace your steps, allow God to give you fresh perspectives for the next chapter in your life.
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Nick and Ros write:
”Quiet days and retreats have been vital spaces for us in recent years. Time set-aside to reflect, review and simply be has given us new energy and fresh perspectives.
We’ve discovered old and new ways to encounter Jesus more deeply and know ourselves better. The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, Celtic prayer, Anglican rhythms etc have drawn us towards a more contemplative second half of life”