This page lists past pilgrimages undertaken by the Treacle Abbey Community.
If you would like to join the Treacle Abbey Community please contact Dave Smith, moc.liamtoh|45eladworrobdivad#moc.liamtoh|45eladworrobdivad or Mike Gibbons, moc.dlrowltn|snobbigekim#moc.dlrowltn|snobbigekim
2021
Epiphany Pilgrimage, December 2021
The visit of the Wise Men is an important step in the revelation of Jesus. This pilgrimage considered how we can learn from the Wise Men, their journey and their
Epiphany as they met Jesus.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
The WhatsApp service included a meditation using a candle to help us think about our own journeys.
Labyrinth Pilgrimage, September 2021
Using a finger labyrinth can help focus concentration and take us deeper into the relevance of the words of a Bible passage. The Abbot therefore lead an online
labyrinth pilgrimage.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
Rest For Your Souls, July 2021
As life began to return to something closer to normal after lockdowns and restrictions, the Abbot lead an online pilgrimage to think about rest for your souls.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
Postal Service, May 2021
Challenged by an article about secularism being preferable to religion, the Abbot took the Community on a pilgrimage about being a letter from Christ.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
Waverley Abbey, March 2021
A visit to a real Abbey was the theme for our pilgrimage in March 2021 as we journeyed to Waverley Abbey.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
Pathfinding, January 2021
As we journeyed into 2021, participants were invited to a pilgrimage to meditate on their journey through life.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
2020
Incarnation, December 2020
As we journeyed through the season of Advent, participants were invited on a pilgrimage to meditate on the incarnation of God on earth, in the person of His son Jesus.
- The pilgrimage concluded with a WhatsApp service.
Fiat Lux - Let there be light, October 2020
With the days getting shorter and the evenings drawing in, the Fiat Lux pilgrimage was a meditation and reflection on scriptural verses relating to light.
- Click here for the closing service of the Fiat Lux pilgrimage.
Late Summer Pilgrimage, September 2020
For this pilgrimage, pilgrims considered Jesus' challenging words in Luke 14.33: Those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
Ceilidh Pilgrimage, July 2020
A pilgrimage on the theme of "ceilidh" which means a gathering. Community members were encouraged to post in the WhatsApp group to further develop the sense of community within Treacle Abbey.
The scripture was Colossians 3.16: Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
The account of the pilgrimage includes the closing service.
The Saints' Way, May 2020
A reflective pilgrimage using The Saints' Way to meditate on Colossians 2.6-7: So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith, as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. The pilgrimage also looked at the wider context of Colossians 2.6-15
- Click here for the closing service of The Saints' Way pilgrimage.
- Click here for a meditation on Isaiah 43.19 "See, I am doing a new thing!"
St Cuthbert's Way, April 2020
A reflective pilgrimage using St Cuthbert's Way to meditate on Luke 6.12: One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. The pilgrimage also looked at the wider context of Luke 6.12-19
- Click here for the closing service of the St Cuthbert's Way pilgrimage.
Domestic pilgrimage, March 2020
A domestic pilgrimage in March 2020 to meditate on, and respond to, St Paul’s writing in 1 Corinthians 9.22: “I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.”