Resources for the climb.

The ABC Articles offer a preview of the full story of what it means to Follow the Path Above Base Camp and are available on our Substack webpage (to subscribe, see the box below). The first series of Articles will give a general flavour of the main topics and themes from the ABC Framework. In due course there will also be four specific types of ABC Articles that will cover the Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Formation, Helpful Greek & Hebrew words and Christian Acrostics. The hope is that these Articles will be of practical use in our walk with Jesus, perhaps as a framework for a sermon, or for discussion at a home group, or just for personal study.

The ABC Books are intended to offer an approachable exploration of the different seasons we might experience on the journey that is the Christian Life of Faith. The 7 seasons are framed around the metaphor of climbing Mount Everest. As a single metaphor, it can’t do everything that this asks of it, but it can get us a long way, and any limitations will be clearly signposted. Similarly, no metaphor or model can represent every lived reality of every Christian — but it can help as a guide for many and it can help to know you’re not alone. Which is important, because, even though this is about your climb, you cannot do it alone. You need the Holy Spirit and you need climbing companions.

There are 7 ABC Books planned for the ‘Climbing The Mountain Path’ book series, representing the seven seasons of the Climb. As they become available for sale, the ABC Books will be listed in the Costs section.

The ABC Courses aim to combine wisdom from the past with contemporary thinking to help Modern Pilgrims walk with Jesus on the Good Way of the Ancient Paths, today. This wisdom is drawn from Scripture and from Church Tradition and is intended to be practical in nature so that it can be applied to the life of faith in today’s world. The course material is based around the ABC Framework and the ABC Discovery Guides and has been produced in such a way that the courses are capable of being self-led.

There are 7 ABC Courses planned for this series. Courses typically run for 6- or 8 weeks. As they become available for sale, the ABC Courses will be listed in the Costs section. Scheduled Courses are detailed in the Courses calendar.

Many of us, at some point or other on our faith journey, will have a lot of questions about the life of faith and how it is all meant to work, and we have taken some of the most common of these questions as our motivation for a lot of what you will see here. In the ABC Discovery Guides, the theme is the question ‘How do I walk with Jesus on the Good Way?’ and the approach taken to answer that question is to ask and answer seven different questions using the metaphor of climbing God’s Mountain. There are therefore 7 Guides planned for this ABC Discovery Guides series. As they become available for sale, the ABC Discovery Guides will be listed in the Costs section.

Our heart is to see people grow to maturity in their relationship with Jesus. The goal of these sessions would be to help you to understand where you are in your faith journey and/or find ways to help you to move forward — it is therefore more spiritual guidance or accompaniment than it is either pastoral care, coaching or counselling.

The first session is free and we can decide after that whether you would like to continue. Face to face would be best, but if you’d feel safer, we can always meet somewhere public, or online. Spiritual Mentoring is offered on weekday mornings (except Fridays) between 9am and 1pm, subject to location and availability. Each session is for 1 hour. There may also be the opportunity for taster sessions as part of the FIRE-break Retreats. Please contact us for more details if this might be of interest.

ABC FIRE-breaks are either single day or Saturday morning Retreats that offer you an opportunity to take a break from the hurry, distraction and ‘burning’ issues of daily life in order to allow God to rekindle your spiritual FIRE through Fellowship, Insight, Renewal or Exploration, either individually or as a group. Our FIRE-break retreats are based in Little Chalfont, Bucks, HP8. See the Calendar to book your place or to check availability or please contact us if you have any other questions.

• 1.Fellowship DaysBespoke full-day retreats for small groups · community focusView detailsHide details

  Theme

  Companionship — Coming together to Climb together

  Aim

  Fellowship Days are intended to enable small groups to take a FIRE-break together. That could be as a church or charity leadership team, or as a church small group, or just as a group of friends. Fellowship Days can be run either as a guided retreat or self-led, and can be designed around your objectives for the day.

• 2.Insight DaysFull day guided retreats open to everyone · practical focusView detailsHide details

  Theme

  Seeking Guidance for the Journey

  Aim

  To seek to discern insights for the ‘good way’ that will enable us to move forward on our journey. Insight Days are open to everyone and are themed around topics selected from the ABC Framework or Discovery Guide series. Days will start and end with a devotional time and will include time spent together and time alone.

• 3.Renewal DaysFull-day retreats for Clergy and Christian leaders · pastoral focusView detailsHide details

  Theme

  Practising Sabbath Rest

  Aim

  To get into the reclusive habit of Rest & Renewal (R&R) by making time and space to be with God. These Renewal Retreats are for clergy, working or retired, or those in full-time Christian leadership, to come and spend time with God either on their own or as a group in pleasant surroundings and with some treats and activities on offer. Days will start and end with a devotional time and will be ‘optionally’ guided, which means you can choose whatever contributes best to your time of blessing and refreshing.

• 4.Exploration MorningsSaturday morning Men's Breakfast retreats · teaching focusView detailsHide details

  Theme

  Training in Following the Path

  Aim

  To retrieve the wisdom of the past and to learn how to put it into practice in new ways, today. The teaching element will focus on a topic selected from the ABC Framework or Discovery Guide series. Mornings will start/end with a devotional time and will allow lots of time for group discussion.

Bespoke Fellowship Days can also be arranged by enquiry through the contact page.