Singing from the Heart – Gloucestershire

with Andrew Clark
Saturday 4 July 2026
The Church Rooms, St Mary’s Church, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Come and enjoy the beauty of singing together

During the day we will learn simple sacred songs, chants and harmonies. These will be drawn from the Christian and other spiritual traditions. Singing from the heart helps us to connect, individually and collectively, with the flow of Universal Love. Through doing this, we can experience and reflect on singing as a spiritual practice. This can be meaningful for many people, whether their spirituality is linked to a particular faith tradition or to none. We will learn the chants by ear, so you do not need to be able to read music or be an experienced singer to enjoy this!

Programme:

The programme will include:

• exploring the use of singing as spiritual practice
• learning a variety of sacred chants and rounds
• a sung prayerful offering at the end of the day using the chants that we have learnt together

Venue:

The Church Rooms, St Mary’s Church, Painswick GL6 6UT. Stamages Lane public car park is next to the venue. Nearest rail station is Stroud from where a bus service leaving from Merrywalks Shopping Centre at 9.25am, (66 gold/ 166) takes you to Painswick.

Booking:

Essential as numbers will be limited to 30. If you would like to come, or for further information, please contact Andrew Clark, preferably by email: andrewjbclark@outlook.com or by mobile: 07729118876.

Cost:

Donations welcome (suggested amount £30).

Andrew Clark worked for nearly 30 years as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the NHS, before retiring in 2017. His earliest experience of singing was in a church choir and over many years of singing in choirs as well as on retreats and pilgrimages, he deeply appreciates the therapeutic and spiritual impact of singing. He now uses heart-centred singing and sounding as a way to develop our heart consciousness.