Friday 20th May 2022
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TE WAIORA HOUSE Te Waiora House is a Retreat Centre based in Hororata, which opened in 1986 as a ‘healing retreat’. People can go and put aside the stresses of life for some ‘time out’ in a beautiful rural location, with a lovely garden set on ten hectares. It is run by a nondenominational Christian Trust with a vision that Te Waiora be a place of rest, refreshment and renewal. The main building is purposebuilt with cosy bedrooms, a warm fire and peaceful surroundings. There is also a Prayer Hut that has a view of Mt Hutt, a Chapel and a wellresourced library. Guests can be catered for or can self-cater, and Te Waiora House welcomes individuals or groups, day visitors or overnight stays. Te Waiora is blessed by local community support, and Hosts Neil and Wendy Wanhill want to be a blessing back to the community! Te Waiora has a wonderful group of local volunteers who are amazingly generous, sending in their trucks to clear fallen trees, bringing their log splitters to boost firewood supplies, applying their skills to service the ride on mower, building a woodshed extension, and ensuring the fruit trees of the old orchard are being cared for. Neil and Wendy relocated from Auckland in October last year, and since arriving they have found the local community of Hororata welcoming and very kind. “We would love local Hororata people and wider Canterbury (and New Zealand) people to feel welcome here at Te Waiora, even if it is just to come and look around. We find that a lot of people think we are a religious place, a place for old people, or just somewhere that is probably nice but irrelevant to their lives. We want people to know that Te Waiora exists for everybody,” commented Wendy. “We have enjoyed hosting groups who were having a teambuilding day, groups who were having a reflective weekend away, Men’s Retreats, Women’s groups having craft days, Church leaders coming aside to have quiet time with God and
DO YOU NEED SOME “ME” TIME! COME TO THE LIVING WISDOM SEMINAR! Are you sick of covid? Over it? Stressed out? Are you afraid of failure? Of conflict?
YOU NEED WISDOM AND TRUTH! We will address these feelings and many more, in a seminar with material by David Riddell.
Saturday 28th May, from 9am to 2pm
Wendy and Neil Wanhill. individuals who needed ‘time out’ from the stress and anxiety of life, of Covid and a whole range of issues. “Neil and I wanted to run some kind of retreat for people who needed support and a ‘refuge’, especially after having gone through some rough times in our own lives. We just love how we can do this at beautiful Te Waiora. We really desire that more people would come and see what we have to offer, that is what we moved from Auckland for! “We love looking at the mountains, rivers and lakes. We knew the South Island was a stunning place of God’s creation before we moved here. But, even more importantly it is the people that really matter and we want all our guests to feel valued and special,” Wendy concluded. Te Waiora House is holding a Living Wisdom Seminar on Saturday, May 28th, this is open to anyone, a small koha is required. This would also be a great opportunity to have a look
around after the Seminar. But, people are welcome to call in at any stage to have a look around and enjoy a cuppa with Neil and Wendy, but please phone first: 027 406 0503. For further details see advertisement in this issue.
Come and enjoy the beau ful se ng of Te Waiora House, 236 Hororata Road, Hororata, just 17 km’s from Darfield. BYO lunch. Morning tea and drinks provided. KOHA - $10. RSVP by 24th May, phone 03-3180789 or email tewaiorahouse@xtra.co.nz Contact Wendy & Neil Wanhill, Hosts at Te Waiora, Ph 03 318 0789
