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HEATHER VESEY

Weekend of April 27th & 28th
ETTY HILLESUM: LOVE IN A TIME OF FEAR
Lessons from the Past for the Present

$80 in person, $65 Live-Stream

About Heather
Heather Vesey is Director of Contemplative Studies at the Aspen Chapel.
Raised in a missionary doctor’s home in India, Heather has never known a time where her
spiritual life has not been paramount.
She has studied under Cynthia Bourgeault, James Finley and Richard Rohr at the Center for
Action and Contemplation’s Living School, and has since developed her own practice alongside
Bill Redfield in their online Wisdom work, and with her husband Nicholas who is the Spiritual
Leader of the Aspen Chapel.

About the Event
Etty Hillesum died in Auschwitz in 1943 leaving behind a journal of theEtty book
last two years of her life. Although much of her life was spent in the
shadow of unimaginable horror, her writing is humble and optimistic
for the human condition. In this day Heather will draw out lessons
from Etty’s life that resonate with the situation the world finds itself
in today. How can ordinary people affect what is going on in the
world? How do we love in the face of hate? How do we leave an
optimistic legacy for future generations in the way that Etty left
such a legacy for us? Using extracts from Etty’s diaries and the
spiritual practices she used, Heather will weave a web from the past
to show us lessons that can be learned for our present and future.
 

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We are Nicholas and Heather Vesey. 
We lead the services here at the Aspen Chapel most Sundays.
Have a look around our site. There are plenty of fee courses to watch from our 'Wisdom from the Top of the World' page. Click here to go to it

If you are planning on a visit, here is some information as to what to expect:

When: We meet every Sunday at 9.30am for about an hour. If you cannot make it in person, you can live stream the event by clicking here.

Where: We are the chapel by the roundabout as you come into aspen. Specifically here.

What: We (Heather and Nicholas) come from a Christian Episcopal background, however our community draws from all the world’s wisdom traditions with the aim of learning together to live our lives more skillfully.

Every week we will focus on a topic within a theme.

GuernicaAt the moment we are looking at what the topic of 'Being at Peace'
How do we experience being at peace, and what is the connection to the nature of our 'being'.
When our 'being' is at peace, are we at peace?


We will have a musician who will set the mood for the event. That might be guitar, piano, or any other instrument. They will generally play 4 pieces throughout the service.

There will also be prayer and meditation, generally led by Heather, and Nicholas will give a talk on the topic for the day.

Finally, there is an opportunity for discussion and feedback as we pass the microphone around for everyone to join in.

Kids? We also offer childcare with younger children being looked after and given creative ways to look at a topic for the day.

Coffee and Yummies. After the service there is a food and drink reception for everyone to get to know each other a bit more.

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