Hucklow Summer School: 21st to 28th August 2026
‘Doing Our Best?’
‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’― Maya Angelou
In aspiring to live well and make a positive impact on the world around us, we often find ourselves caught between the desire to hold ourselves to the highest standards, and do our very best, and the need to accept our human limitations, and our propensity (both as individuals and communities) to screw up and fall short. In 2026, through daily talks and in-depth engagement groups, we will explore various aspects of this dilemma and the ways in which it plays out in our inner lives, personal relationships, church communities, and social action. How can we rise to the challenges we face in the 21st century, respond faithfully to the needs of a rapidly changing world, and courageously meet the call to learn, grow, and do better – without falling into self-recrimination at our own shortcomings? How might we move beyond ‘good intentions’ and pay closer attention to the impact that our action (and inaction) has on others? How can we gently hold ourselves and each other to account in a compassionate way which aligns with our core values? How might we dream a new world into being while being pragmatic about our individual and collective capacity? Join us at Hucklow Summer School 2026 to consider all these questions and more together.
Please note that this year’s Summer School runs from Friday to Friday. There is an option once again to sign up for an online-only engagement group, running for two hours daily from Saturday-Thursday, enabling those who are unable to travel to Great Hucklow in-person to join in remotely with our core small-group activity. Our theme talks will also be livestreamed each morning for our online participants, and recordings will be freely available to all later the same day, via our YouTube channel and podcast stream.