Sanctuary - comments

Welcome to the Dream website and blog for anyone who first connected with us at New Wine Newark last week, where we ran "Sanctuary" aka "praying in a cow shed"! I've put the words we used and a list of props needed onto our resources section here.

We had a visitors book for prayer requests, comments, etc which ended up with hundreds of really encouraging comments. Here's a sample of them...

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Thank you for this space. Was really needing it and will be back.

Space and time to hear the beat of God's heart.

Showed me a way to connect with God.

God spoke to me here.

We are only twelve, but we really enjoyed every second of it. You will see us again!

This area is very special, thank you.

Brilliant. Need to come again and again.

What a "sanctuary"! Much appreciated.

It was a fantastic experience, I felt really at ease with God and the minimalist feel really helped me to focus and relax.

Music was great & the simplicity so powerful!

Thank you for helping me simply be rather than always doing.

An oasis of peace, calm, tranquillity - God met me here.

Thank you for creating space to allow me to hear God speak.

Loved the visual, the listening, the practical, the sitting, the quiet. I entered here my mind busy. I'm leaving restored. Thank you.

What a lovely place to visit before the fray of putting them all to bed - after a long day of getting us all here. Thank you.

Thank you for sacred practical ideas through which I was able to hear Him again.

It is a nice place to pray for children like me.

Thank you Lord for finally giving me peace of mind here after all the worry & doubt of this past year. I got a picture of a dove finally being set free.

In my hectic everyday life, everything seems blurred. This experience has helped me to see things clearly again and realise that all my problems which seemed so hard to solve are actually really easy to remove. Thanks you so much.

Simple but very effective. A true sanctuary.

I just keep coming back. This is so beautiful, so peaceful, a real sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of life.

Thank you Lord for speaking... for you peace, space & presence.

Thank you Lord, you never fail to amaze and delight.

I loved the humility of the surroundings, the holy and the grit, the birdsong reminding us to worship& celebrate and also to stay grounded and practical.

Lots of good ideas to take and use in our own church.

Please do this again next year

A still centre to New Wine

An oasis of peace that showed me again the need for making more time and space for peace in my life.

God is here.

Thank you for the space and encouragements to waste holy time with God.

It has been fantastic to come into this space at different points in the week, just to be quiet and reflect. The different exercises really helped. I will take some away for use in different contexts.

Sanctuary has certainly lived up to its name for me this week.

I wish I had discovered this area sooner in the week.

I know I have found spiritual healing here.

So ordinary from the outside, yet so amazing as you enter and get drawn into the presence of God.

Thank you for space to be quiet and take stock after so many words (good words!) in the seminars.

This place is just so special.

I can't believe that I only found this place on the last night. It's what my heart has yearned for all week. But thank God that I can leave knowing I have met with God.

I was in a really low place, depressed and kind of suicidal when I randomly came across this place. It's just so amazing. being here for five minutes left me extremely calm and collected. The atmosphere of God is just so heavy here. Thank you SO much for this place.

This place has made me learn a lot about myself.