Ministries by Design will be using an old farmhouse in N Wiltshire on the edge of the Cotswolds, which we are renovating. The Vine @Mays Farm will be a place of spiritual sanctuary, spiritual restoration, spiritual abiding in the Vine (John 15). Regular updates here! So sign up (>>>) to get the updates delivered into your inbox. Might you pray for us as we undertake this enormous project? and come and visit - and maybe help? - whenever you can. Visitors always welcome!

And visitors - you! - are especially welcomed on EASTER MONDAY - April 1st 2013.

No, this is not an April Fool's Joke - we truly are inviting you to come to Mays Farm for a Retreat Day on April 1st, FOR FREE! Included in the day -

* coffee/tea and a light breakfast on arrival, from 9.30am

* Morning devotional session at 10.00am

* Lunch at 1 - about 40 minutes to mingle and munch

* Tea break at 2.45pm

* Closing devotional session at 4pm for about 30-40 minutes

You've spotted the gaps - morning and afternoon seem free. And indeed they are; but we really hope that while you are praying/thinking/meditating you will offer your hands to help with a task around Mays Farm. Likely projects include wallpaper stripping, weeding the garden, planting out some rhododendrons we've been given, cleaning up and pruning the raspberries, sanding , general tidying, cleaning up and then decorating the outside double loo ....

All you need to bring is work gloves and old clothing; we will supply everything else. Although, if you have any suitable tools which could be used do please bring them to use yourself.

If you intend to come, please RSVP by March 25 so that we know how many to plan and cater for!