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We are running Life in the Spirit Seminars during April and May 2013 on consecutive Friday nights, 7.30PM - 9.30 PM.   

Join us to find out more about the promise of new life in the Spirit to those who believe in Jesus

All welcome - More details

Posted: May 12, 2013

Focus 2013 starts in July - contact us to join those who have booked already.

A month of sharing life with up to 25 young people from all over Europe. Activities include worship and teachings, small groups, helping out with work around the place, workshops, fun and games, and trips out to visit local places of interest.

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Posted: May 11, 2013
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“The Lord hears the cries of the orphan”

Fiona is starting a project in Tanzania to build homes for abandoned children and orphans in Tanzania, providing love, family and education.

Click here for more

Posted: Oct 4, 2012

Welcome to H. O. D.

We are an interdenominational community based in Worcestershire, UK.

To explore the website, use the menus above, search or check our sitemap

Patrons:
Archbishop Kevin McDonald
Rt. Rev John Went
Professor David, Lord Alton of Liverpool

 

Come and stay...

Come and stay in our beautiful Retreat Centre in the quiet village of Childswickham in the Cotswolds...

The Retreat Centre here has been established 20 years and every year we welcome many church groups, individuals and families who enjoy the opportunity to relax together...

The Retreat House, The Tithe Barn and other buildings encircle a peaceful courtyard, leading into two acres of gardens and 60 acres of our own farmland.

See More details, or have a look at some photos of our beautiful Retreat House Gardens...

 

Find out about the community...

About us section

Childswickham, a small village in the Cotswolds, in the heart of England, is the place where the hub of the House of the Open door Community can be found...

 

 

HOD Charity

HOD Charity section

The House of the Open Door became a registered charity in 1994.  Find out more about the charity, support us and find out more about current projects:

Karibu Nyumbani - Welcome Home Ministries

East Africa

The Samaritan's Inn Fund

 

 

Discipleship Community / Focus

Discipleship CommunityFocus section


Do you want to know God better?

Do you want to know yourself better?

Do you want to discover how God has called you to love and serve Him?

Discipleship Community at HOD focuses on deepening our personal relationship with Jesus, and on knowing ourselves better through living and working with other people...

 

Focus 2013

The discipleship course is spread over three terms in the year, the middle one of which is Focus, our summer experience for young young adults (16+)

 

Outreach from Community

Outreach section


As well as Discipleship Community and the Focus Summer Conference which take place at our home in Worcestershire, U.K., community members are involved in taking our faith out to many places in the U.K. and further afield.

This includes prayer ministry, work with school groups, young people and in prison ministry.

 

Coming up

These are only the next few dates - see more on the diary page.  Also see our regular events like Friday Night Fellowship Meetings 

 

Discipleship Community / Focus 2013
Date: Tue 26 Feb 2013  12:00 am
- Fri 7 Jun 2013  11:59 pm
Date: Tue 9 Jul 2013  12:00 am
- Wed 7 Aug 2013  11:59 pm
Summary: Summer Focus is an extension of our Discipleship Community for a month. Come for as long or as short a time as you can. For 16 years and over.
Date: Tue 1 Oct 2013  12:00 am
- Fri 13 Dec 2013  11:59 pm
Summary: Term 2 of our DC starts 1st October 2013

 

 

Life in the Spirit Seminars 2013

 ...continue during April and May 2013

  

Date: Fri 24 May 2013   7:30 pm -  9:30 pm
Summary: Life in the Spirit Seminars
Date: Fri 31 May 2013   7:30 pm -  9:30 pm
Summary: Life in the Spirit Seminars

 

Men's Days 2013
Date: Sat 29 Jun 2013  10:00 am -  4:00 pm
Summary: (or Why isn’t my prayer effective?)
Date: Sat 12 Oct 2013    9:30 am
Summary: (or Am I doing everything I can to keep my family and friends safe and happy?).
 
Other dates
Date: Fri 7 Jun 2013    8:00 pm
Date: Fri 5 Jul 2013    8:00 pm
Date: Fri 2 Aug 2013    8:00 pm
Date: Fri 6 Sep 2013    8:00 pm
Date: Fri 4 Oct 2013    8:00 pm

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