Growth in Prayer & Reflective Living (GRPL)
Online + 3 in person days in Edinburgh
October 2025 – May 2026
Applications Open
This course aims to help participants develop and deepen their experience of prayer and live more reflectively. It offers the opportunity to explore faith, discover meaning and come to a deeper, more intimate, relationship with God.
It provides space to examine hopes and desires and to move towards fullness of life in ourselves, and those around us, in the global community to which we all belong.
Who is the course for?
The course is open to those of any denomination and none. No particular experience of prayer is required, only a desire for God. Participants should be prepared to share some of their experience of prayer with others. Because of the participatory nature of the course a commitment to regular attendance is important.
What previous participants have said:
- The regularity has helped create a focus and a rhythm in an otherwise quite chaotic life.
- I found the course very fulfilling
- New ways to think about God and about prayer
- God has become more approachable
- It has helped me see areas I can work with God in my prayer life and
it has made me more excited about prayer - The course has slowed me down, made me take more time with God.
Course Content
Participants are offered opportunity to:
- Experience different ways of praying taken from Ignatian and other spiritual traditions. These include coming to stillness, silent waiting, praying with scripture, imaginative contemplation and review of the day.
- Explore aids to prayer and reflection including journaling, artwork, body awareness, music and use of images.
- Develop and deepen awareness of different perceptions of God and self.
- Begin to discover a way of making prayerful choices in tune with God’s hopes and desires for the world through an introduction to Ignatian discernment.
Method
The method is primarily experience based and reflective. Sessions include input, space for prayer, guided prayer and reflection and small group sharing. Participants are offered the opportunity of one-to-one spiritual accompaniment and towards the end of the course there is a short retreat.
Course Team
The team are all members of the Epiphany Group – an ecumenical group of women and men working across Scotland committed to ministries arising from the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises.
Afterwards?
Growth in Prayer and Reflective Living is complete in itself. As well as going on to serve in the wider world/church some participants may choose to continue on to the courses in Spiritual Conversation and then Spiritual Direction.
Courses dates for 2025-2026
The course will be primarily online with 3 compulsory in-person days.
Tuesday Evenings 7-9pm
Term 1
28th Oct / 4th Nov / 18th Nov / 25th Nov / 2 Dec / 9 Dec
Term 2
6th Jan / 13th Jan / 20th Jan / 27th Jan / 3 Feb
24th Feb / 3rd Mar / 17th Mar / 24th Mar
Term 3
21st Apr / 28th Apr / 5th May
Venue for in person 3 days
There will also be 3 compulsory in-person days between 10am-4:30pm at Christ Church Morningside, Edinburgh
Christchurch Church Morningside,
6a Morningside Road,
Edinburgh,
EH10 4DD
Sat 8th Nov / Sat 7th Mar / Sat 25th Apr
Cost
Course Fee: £495
A registration fee of £75, deductible from the total cost, is payable when accepted onto the course. The balance is payable in two instalments. We are keen no one is excluded from our courses for financial reasons so if this is a consideration for you, please enquire about financial help
Applications
Applications should be made as soon as possible using the form below.
If you would like more information, feel free to contact Jayne at gprl@epiphanygroup.org.uk
- Download GPRL 25-26 Leaflet (PDF)
- Download GPRL 25-26 Application Form (DOCX)
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Bursaries
The Epiphany Group (EG) is keen that no-one should be excluded from our courses for financial reasons. We encourage applicants to seek funding from other sources and can offer suggestions on this.
Please contact us for further information.
Do also contact us at the above address if you wish to make a donation towards helping someone else
take part in the course.
There is also a limited EG Bursary and Development Fund, supported by donations, which is available to those in need of assistance.
Application for Bursary (DOCX)
Epiphany Group led
Journeying On (GPRL 2) Online Course via Zoom
A follow up course is offered by Ignatian Spirituality Centre
for those who have completed GPRL.