Celtic Easter Sundown Gathering

At St Columba's we host gathering, events, teaching and spiritual formation days. Our emphasis is exploring the Celtic Christian charism, how this practice is ideally suited to new monastic christian praxis and promoting a harmonious, inclusive, life affirming and creation centred worldview.Location: St Columba's Community Farm is a volunteer run farm, exploring local, regenerative and ecological farming on 23acres at the fot of Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex. Dating from the early 19th century the farm features, rare breed sheep, community allotments, restored (recently) water courses and the beginnings of a mixed Forest Garden (4.5 acres) and wildflower meadow (5 acres). We also have a community kitchen, shepherds hut and a composting loo (hooray).

Greg Valerio

St Columba's Community Farm, Chanctonbury Ring Road

Our first Celtic Easter gathering was on 27 April 2008, on the beach at Church Norton near Selsey. This was a foundation established by St Wilfrid, an English priest and Bishop who led the arguments for the conversion/suppression of the Celtic Easter rite at the Synod of Whitby. We gathered on that day as a sign that there are still those in this land who wish to walk in the footpaths of the original Celtic Indigenous Christians. The prayer below was written for our first Celtic easter gathering..This pilgrimage with the Holy Spirit, has led us through time and place, to some extraordinary iconic spiritual locations in Britiain (Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey, Chanctonbury Ring) and began the journey that led us to establish St Columba&#x27;s Community Farm at Chanctonbury. We continue to pray for God&#x27;s Kingdom to come, God&#x27;s will to be done and for the Holy fire of heaven to burn in us brightly.We will gather at 6pm at St Columba&#x27;s Barn, were we will undertake a walk of witness to the top of Chanctonbury Ring. Here we will pray, break bread together, share stories of our personal walk of faith, bless one another and watch sundown in silence together. Sundown is a 8.44pm.These are sacred moments for us all. Come and join us, you are most welcome.Sunrise over SelseyFather – Son – Holy Spirit, Today we call for;Inspiration over Institutions, Poverty over Riches, Creation over Concrete, Intercession over Liturgy, Imagination over Bureaucracy, Common Sense over Dogma, Music over Noise, Prophecy over Preaching, Mystery over Certainty.Father - Son – Holy Spirit, Today we call for;The Unblocking of ancient wells, the heavenly fires to burn in us brightly, for angels to be ascending and descending, for signs and wonders to be occurring, for the air to be thin where we place our feet, for the Holy Fire in the land to rise again, for us to live where the land meets the sea and mountains meet the sky.Holy Father – Wild Fire;We call to you this day, for protection from false tongues,rising seas, false economies, unnatural floods and fires, storms that would destroy the natural order of creation. We cry out to you today, for your lightning to strike, your Holy Justice to break out, the poor to find shelter in our front rooms, creation to sing once again.Servant Son;We yield to you this day, Our hearts and wills, that we may be without compromise or mediocrity, the burning heart of love to every creature we meet today.

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