The Shift Weekend, 3-5 July 2026

In 2012 a group of university friends gathered on a farm near Gloucester to seek God.

They had thrown a New Year’s Eve party a few months’ earlier and dreamed of what God might do with a handful of surrendered disciples, hungry for the love of Christ to enter every sinew, and especially to transform our culture.

I joined them the following year and found myself grafted into a sort of wider family. We kept on gathering, the community grew, and we witnessed wonderful things of God.

Since then, we’ve experienced great successes, hit a lot of rock bottoms, moved through much pain, grown in knowing the love of the Father and more than a few of us walk with a limp. Some friends have died, some have walked away, others have drifted; each still in some way part of the Shift community.

Now, many of us are in our 30’s and we’re learning how to navigate life walking with Jesus when our time seems more squeezed.

Yet despite the cost, it seems still important to take time to retreat, reflect and dream afresh on what Jesus is asking of us right now.

If any of that resonates, or you’re just curious, we’d love to invite you to this year’s weekend.

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FAQs

  • Yes! We have been growing the number of Mini-Shifters over the last few years, so we’ve picked up a few skills around how to help our children encounter Jesus. To give an idea, last year we had 20 children, mostly between 0-6 but there may be a handful a bit older.

    All our children’s leaders are DBS-checked.

  • Arrive from 4pm on Friday 3rd to set up tents and connect in

    We tend to finish by 2pm after lunch on Sunday 5th July.

  • Leigh Court, GL19 4AF

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  • For the last few years we have set a variety of ticket prices to enable anyone to join.

    It costs about £180 per person to put together the weekend, so we set that as the Standard ticket price.

    We’ve also created a Bursary ticket (£100) and Donation ticket (£230) to cover the cost

    Please choose whichever you can afford

  • Yes - this year we’re trialling a payment plan to make it easier to budget. To help us with administering this the deadline for these tickets will be 31st March

    Just select the payment plan option on the form and it will direct you to pay £45 / month for 4 months.

  • You can, though we have found everyone gets far more from being there for the full weekend, so if you can come for the full weekend please do!

    Day tickets are £80