Take a look below at what men have been saying about their time away at our 2006 Weekends Away For Men. To find out more about our weekends away in 2009 please click here.

2006 Weekends

MOUNT ST MARY'S COLLEGE (North)

The weekend was very good. I was a bit wary of coming as I am not a great lover of all male gatherings but I found it very life-affirming and would definitely want to attend again.
I have left the weekend feeling at peace with myself, and also feel liberated. I’ve met genuine people and now want to know more about God.
For me this past weekend has been a great - and rare - chance to talk about Jesus and to pray with other men who are not priests but have families, jobs, etc just like me.
What a positive weekend! I feel that I am beginning to understand God’s plan for me and I am more confident that I can cope with what He is asking me to do for Him.
Having missed last year's weekend I now recognise the incredible benefits and blessings of men coming together as one people before God. The time of prayer on Saturday night was particularly helpful for me.
I left with the realisation that there exists in me a longing and a yearning for positive, loving male affirmation. This event has given me ‘permission’ to explore, enjoy and to be nourished by the unity I experienced.
A very powerful weekend... I have had a very positive experience which I hope to repeat in the future. The weekend is very well structured. I like the combination of talks and small groups. The pace was just right and I have received a great deal.
What can I say? As a first-timer, I found the whole experience amazing, uplifting, inspiring, challenging, knackering – I hardly slept; too much excitement! I came as a stranger and was made welcome. I have met some fascinating guys. And the teaching was great too.
If God is in men, then I have encountered Him through honesty, common strengths and weaknesses of the great guys I have shared the weekend with. Thank you.
I have walked a foot off the ground feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit so personally through this weekend.
It's my first time to one of these weekends and I experienced God in so many ways: through great conversations, in the worship, in being served by others with God touching a very old weak spot in which I am looking for change, in being able to serve others and being given a real sense of knowledge and wisdom.
I experienced God within myself and through others. I shall feel better for having attended this weekend and am very thankful for all the fellowship and healing that I have received, especially optimism regarding the future.

Go to Top

WOLDINGHAM PARK (South)

The weekend, from beginning to end, has been filled with the closeness of God. The speakers were inspirational and the small gourps a haven for sharing at a deep level. It is such a moving eexperience to see a large crowd of men on fire with God's love. The Africa stories were simply amazing.
As a first-timer to this event, I wasn't really sure what to expect and nearly cancelled plans in the preceding week. However, I'm glad I did come and the overall welcome was very friendly. I recently found myself slowly but surely sliding down into the morass. This weekend has helped revitalise my faith and given me hope for the future. I look forward to coming next year!
I found the quality of the teachings at the Men's Weekend phenomenal. I feel like someone who has been walking down a dark corridor and someone has turned the lights on. life had been feeling like a chore but now I feel full of excitement and hope for the future. I now feel excited about really seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit on a daily basis for my life.
I came to the weekend feeling somewhat distanced from God and from my own spiritual needs. The weekend has given me a 'shot in the arm' and put me back on course. Long may it be so!
This weekend, my first time, has helped me to make the journey from what I knew in my head to believing it in my heart. I leave more confident and less anxious about what the Lord, and life, has in store for me.
This was my first Men's Weekend and I experienced a great strengthening and encouragement from being around a group of men openly talking about Christ and their faith, and from sharing in people's struggles and issues, many of which I personally could relate to well. I experienced a feeling of release and now know that God is in control and that all will be well. Thank you!
I experienced a new strength and increased faith through the first class teachings and particularly the personal testimonies of healings experienced by men in tune with god. This weekend has given me the opportunity to re-evaluate priorities in life and particularly in relationships with my wife and children.
It was my first time at such a weekend andI found it comforting to see other men expressing their spirituality, fears and problems openly. The sharing within the small groups has been eye-opening for me. I have seen men's misunderstandings understood here, and their repressed feelings released.
I first attended one of these weekends last year. I was greatly blessed by being amongst godly and singul men. Coming this year for a second time I wondered if it would be as good? It was! - probably better in different ways. These weekends are for me a unique chance to be with other Christian men. I am grateful that this extends into our monthly local group.
I was challenged to be thankful for everything in my life, past and present, because I know God will use it for good.
I greatly appreciated small groups and the time for prayer ministry as safe and confidential places to share deeply personal issues, to be encouraged and understood. God has used this weekend to confirm His great love for me and to confirm the freedom He has given me from the bondage of sexual addictions. I have never felt closer to God than in the times of worship. This has been a life-enhancing weekend
For some time now I have been carrying guilt about watching pornography which has got heavier and heavier. During the weekend I sensed this guilt lifting and accepted that it is part of God's plan to bring good into my life, even though this idea seems at times to be completely irrational. The truth that 'Jesus is Lord' took on a completely different meaning.
I felt closer to God than ever before. I was very touched by many of the people I met and the whole experience has enriched my life. Sharing with others and listening to truly excellent speakers has been a wonderful joy. The venue was great as was the organisation.
The talks and small group times put my life into a new contexyt and have helped me to feel part of God's loving plan - even with my faults and failings.
Before I came on the weekend I felt God asking me to "trsut and surrender". I feel now that I can trust more and surrender to Him.
This weekend has been a time of spiritual refreshment and renewal. Before the weekend I felt that life was rather taking over and moving away from me, and that I was like the seed among thorns in the parable of the Sower: the worries of the world were choking me and the Word and so I was producing nothing. The weekend has given me a chance to reflect on recent life, to see difficult issues and times in a more positive light - that God is working in and through even my troubles. And it has given me some bitesize ways to start putting life more in order - practical things, easy to implement and gradually build up but which I can see will make a bigger and bigger impact on my life as I continue to pray through them.

Go to Top