PROGRAMME FOR 2021
ANDREW MURRAY CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY
PRAYER | CALLING | SERVICE
Daily Rhythm
In our rushed existence, the art of pulling off next to the road, lingering a while, and observing with all our senses is often just a vague dream. Even living consciously within the presence of God becomes a challenge in the midst of our rushed lives. At the Andrew Murray Centre, we create spaces where people can find rest in God. An integral part of this is the daily rhythm of isolation (in the quiet of your room or in nature) and meeting in the chapel three times a day (before meals). Here we consider what it means to belong, we listen to life-giving Godly language in silence, music and human words, and we see our God’s unconditional love in the breaking of bread and tasting of wine.
CHAPEL SERVICES
Monday to Friday
7h00, 12h00 & 18h00
There will no Chapel services on Saturdays and Sundays.
Retreats
We welcome individuals or groups for quiet retreats.
The Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality is a place of isolation and worship, where missionary habits of faith are exercised and cultivated. There is a chapel and prayer garden where visitors are invited to exercise or learn habits of the faith. The Centre aims to develop faith spaces which focus on Murray’s emphasis on Prayer, Calling and Service.
The vast gardens and a river form part of the Samuel campus and may be used for isolation and quiet time. The building complex is on the outskirts of the town with a view of the mountains. The grove next to the Krom river, which is known as ‘Donkiebos’, is where missionaries in training often went to pray.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Research
The Andrew Murray private collection (personal letters, notes, diary entries, handwritten manuscripts, sermon notes, speeches, pages filled with “musings”) is housed at the Dutch Reformed Church Archives in Stellenbosch.
Contact the Archive directly at 021 882 9923
A limited collection of Andrew Murray’s publications is kept in the Clairvaux Reading Room at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality in Wellington.
