The Lantern Community

MORNING GATHERINGS BY SEASONAL WORKSHOP

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Over the course of a week in April, the seasonal craft workshop led the morning gatherings. Each day we looked at a different project that we are engaged in this spring. I'd like to thank all the companions and co-workers who have contributed so much to these projects and presentations.

MORNING GATHERINGS BY BAY TREE COTTAGE

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Dear Lantern Weekly

Bay Tree took a localish theme this last week. In June, four companions from different houses, are taking to the water ways of the English canal system. Mark captained the morning gathering through our journey of locks, lifting us up from Braunston on the Oxford Canal, to Warwick and its Castle.

REFLECTIONS ON THE EASTER FESTIVAL TIME

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The preparation and celebrations of the Festival time created a special mood. Thank you Margreet for leading us at Palm Sunday, to take in the Lantern Estate in this way, was very special indeed.

Part time Estate and Gardening ASSISTANT

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

AN INTRODUCTION TO HOLY WEEK

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

In the Morning Gatherings this year, the events of Holy Week will be brought to us by different people. The Holy Week song will be sung by a small choir to accompany the Holy Week's Gatherings and they will sing the event of the day and each morning they will add a new part.

PREPARATIONS TOWARDS EASTER

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Always towards the main festivals, we have a lot of preparation to do. In various working groups we reflected again on the meaning of Holy Week and Easter.

AS THE FIRST COLOURS OF SPRING APPEAR THROUGH THE GREYS OF WINTER

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I am writing this as I begin my Lantern journey as Workshop Co-ordinator for the Land. The sounds of birds twittering and a feeling of spring fills the air around me.

MORNING GATHERINGS ~ THE WEAVERY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This week we talked about the structure of weaving. Structure is the fundamental element in weaving. Good cloth is made by careful consideration of fibre colour and texture but the underlying weave is the basic formation of the character of any cloth.

FROM VALENTINE'S DAY TO 'DANCING AROUND THE WORLD' AND CELEBRATING ST BRIDE'S LIFE

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This week many of us received lovely messages, some even flowers and chocolates from admirers, it was Valentine's Day! The weather has got warmer at last, birds are starting to build their nests and we had a great party at 'Bluebirds' to celebrate St Valentine's Day.

MORNING GATHERINGS : ELEMENTAL BEINGS

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Do you talk to your plants? If you do, there is a distinct possibility that the elemental beings or nature spirits, that are at work in the earth and heavens around us, are hearing you.

For Valentine's day

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If music be the food of love, play on;

FULL TIME ESTATE AND GARDEN WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATOR NEEDED

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

We are looking for a full time, employed, workshop co-ordinator to lead the Estate and gardens workshop.

"SPEAK TO US OF WORK"

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."

THE LANTERN BAKERY WHERE CREATING OUR DAILY BREAD MEANS MORE THAN JUST BAKING A LOAF

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The following article has been taken from "True Loaf.....Sowing the Seeds of Loaf", the quarterly magazine for the Real Bread Campaign members ~ Issue 10. There are many more articles to enjoy in the magazine or on their website www.realbreadcampaign.or

LANTERN WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATORS: VISION BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

All the workshop coordinators met on Friday 6th January to travel to Gaunts House in Wimborne for a day away.

BAY TREE COTTAGE TRIP TO LONDON DECEMBER 2011 ~ JANUARY 2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Lantern Weekly, Happy New Year to you all! Just before Christmas, Bay Tree Cottage

�IS A NEW DOWNWIND BLOWING?�

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

2012 seems to have the promise in it of many exciting developments. I would say, that a new downwind is blowing! When we were preparing for Christmas Eve, at some point it looked as if a lot of the companions would be elsewhere so why celebrate it?

ADDRESS OF A CANDLE

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

You have lit me. Thoughtfully you look at my light, perhaps enjoying it. For my part, I am happy to be alight. If I were not lit, I would be lying in the box-like any other candle - with no purpose. Only now, burning bright, do I have a purpose.

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE LANTERN MANAGEMENT GROUP

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Readers of the Lantern Weekly may be interested to know more about another side of life at The Lantern Community as well as the many celebrations and social news. The letter below is part of a long discussion about costs which are affecting people.

CELTIC LIGHTS GUIDE PEOPLE HOME

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Every Celtic country has its faeries, its little people. In Ireland they are leprechauns, in Cornwall they are pixies, in Scotland they are redcaps or brownies, while in Brittany they are corrigans.