Rediscover the Original Christ Teachings ~ Stroud

Many in our world today have lost touch with the real and vital spiritual dimension to life. So often, our spirituality gets covered over by religious doctrine and belief without accessing the heart and soul of a genuine connection. Increasingly, younger generations are giving up on finding a spiritual answer to the issues they confront, and the complex and often urgent issues that we all face become ever more difficult to resolve.

Sometimes, you have to access the true origin of your culture to move forward creatively into your future. Never has that been more true than now. Jesus of Nazareth brought a profound encounter with a mystical reality that is within all people. But somehow the opportunity to share in that encounter has become obscured in our culture over centuries. That is why we are devoting this seminar to discovering what has become hidden—the original message brought by Jesus.

CANA (Christians Awakening to New Awareness) is hosting three authors who all have written books which address this subject.

Revd. Don MacGregor, author of Blue Sky God and The Wisdom Series, which includes a volume on The Christ and Jesus: The Difference. 

David Karchere, visiting from the USA , author of Primal Christianity: Uncovering the Original Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, to be published in September 2024.

Janice Dolley, author of Awakening to a New Reality: Conscious Conversations Across the Horizon of Death and co-author of Voices of Contemporary Christians: Towards the Universal.

Jane Upchurch, author of The Bones of Love: The Way of Jesus.

We will explore together how, in light of today’s world culture and our spiritual and scientific insights, the original teachings of Jesus the Christ are profoundly relevant for us at this time of rapid change.

The day will include talks, meditations, music, group dialogue, and poetry. Together, we will contribute to the emergence of a new story for this current era that is in tune with the energies awakening humankind today.

St Brides’ Hall, 73 Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HB.
St Brides Hall is part of the Stroud Christian Steiner Community, 20 minute walk from Stroud Railway Station.

As it is a Sunday, there will be a Service in the Chapel, so the car park will be in use in the morning. They suggest the following free car parking.

• Cainscross Road itself – request you park on the same side as St Brides Hall
• Lodgemore Lane – first left after the church as you go out of town
• Gannicox Road/Burford Drive opposite St Brides
• St Lukes Medical Centre (57 Cainscross Road – not in use on a Sunday)
• Malvern Tyres, 23 Cainscross Road, GL5 4ET (not in use on a Sunday)
• Paid Car Parks (10 – 15 minutes walk – you can drop off at St Brides)
• Station Car Park
• 5 Valleys car park

Access:
There is a separate entrance to St Brides Hall. We will direct you there.

Drinks and biscuits will be provided. If you have specific dietary needs please bring your own supplies. Please bring your own water.

You may want to bring a journal and a pen.

You are welcome to bring your own lunch or buy lunch in Stroud. However, the main cafe’s are a 10-15 minute walk so there is not much time, given an hour’s lunch break.

• Tescos Super Store (open 10-4 8 mins walk) Has a Costa or you can buy
• sandwiches. Tesco Superstore, Stratford Rd, Stroud GL5 4AG
• Brewers Fayre (10 mins) Stratford Lodge, Stratford Road, Stroud GL5 4AF
• Five Valleys Food Hall, King St, Stroud GL5 (12 mins)
• Star Anise: The Star Anise Arts Cafe, 1 Gloucester St, Stroud GL5 1QG (15
• mins) Wholefood. A favourite with Steiner Community
• Woodruffs Cafe, 24 High St, Stroud GL5 1AJ (15 mins)

Accommodation in Stroud tends to be quite pricey. Below are hotels in the more budget range, £100 or so (but depends when you book as prices change)

Premier Inn: £100 ish . www.premierinn.co.uk
Stratford Lodge, Stratford Road, Stroud GL5 4AF

The Clothiers Arms www.clotheirsarms.co.uk £85 is
1 Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3JJ
Tel: 01453 763 801 Email: reservations@clothiersarms.co.uk

Cotswold Aparthotel, 134 Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HN
www.cotswoldaparthotel.co.uk stay@cotswoldaparthotel.co.uk 01453 764 496

 

Bell Inn, Bell Ln, Selsley, Stroud GL5 5JY•01453 753801
https://www.thebellinnselsley.com/ £120 is

The Old Fleece, Woodchester, Stroud,The Old Fleece
https://www.food-club.com › pubs › the-old-fleece
Gloucestershire, GL5 5NB 01453 872582 £150 ish

Amberley Inn www.theamberleyinn.co.uk £150 ish
Culver Hill, Amberley, Stroud GL5 5AF Phone: 01453 872565
Travelodge – under £100
https://www.travelodge.co.uk

Stonehouse A419 Eastington, Nr Stroud, GL10 3SQ, UK Tel: 08719 846054

For Further Information
https://www.visitstroud.uk/touristinformation