Season of
Renewal – a Lent course for groups
Written by Alison Morgan and Bill Goodman, and published by ReSource
Lent is the spring-time of the church’s
year. It is the season of renewal - John Moses
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How to order
Season of Renewal: Course packs (1 Leader’s Coursebook and 10 member’s booklets) : £25. Coursebook only : £6 Member’s booklet only : £3. To order securely with Paypal please click here.
For a sample lesson click here.
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This is a brand new course, written for 2007. Combining
traditional elements with a fresh approach, it is ideal for groups and
churches who want something a little different which will act as a stimulus
for future growth.
The course material is contained in a main
Coursebook, with an accompanying
member’s
booklet containing brief notes and a
pattern of spiritual exercises for each member to follow
during the week between meetings.
Written by Alison Morgan
(author of The Wild Gospel and editor of the Rooted in Jesus discipleship course now in wide use throughout East Africa), and
Bill Goodman (experienced both in parish ministry and as a theological
college lecturer), Season of Renewal offers a gentle but challenging approach to
Lent. It includes notes on the history and meaning of Lent as well as
suggestions for how to tie the course into the liturgical pattern of the
church.
The course itself is divided into six sessions
- five for the five weeks between Ash
Wednesday and Maundy Thursday, and one final session for the week after
Easter,
structured round a shared meal.
Each session includes creative and practical elements
as well as a focus on scripture and some times of prayer.
We hope that participation in the
course will bring about significant spiritual growth both for course members
and in the life of the church of which they form part, and various
suggestions are offered for how to maintain the impetus which has been created.
Weekly themes: Comments from those who have used the course: Our five
Lent Fellowship Groups have all responded enthusiastically to 'Season of
Renewal'. The music and ‘arty bits’ were movingly effective. It is wonderful
to have a course which is “Into God” rather than “About God” - Revd
Matthew Grayshon, Hanwell
A group of about ten of us finished
'Season of Renewal' last night. It was unanimously agreed that
it had been the most inspiring and helpful Lent course we had ever shared
in. We particularly appreciated the various practical items included in it,
especially the "hot seat" during the fourth week... This did much to help us
believe that we might be of some use to the Lord in his mission after all! -
Canon John Gunstone, Didsbury
Here in the Ironstone Villages we are in the middle of quite an exciting Lent... We have about 55 people in our Lent Groups using 'Season of Renewal'. For some churches this would be very ordinary stuff but for us it is a huge encouragement and a great blessing as 4 years ago no one had even been in a small group or a Lent group, and only a handful of people had heard of the Holy Spirit! - Revd Beverley Stark, Melton Mowbray
I am writing to thank you for the
Lent course for Season of renewal. It has been a Spirit led change in my group
of Mothers' Union ladies. Last year my vicar suggested it for our Lent study.
Because there was so much in it, we repeated it again this year. Because I
felt it was so good for the ladies, I found other groups in the church asking
me what I thought about it. We ended up with four groups in the Church doing
the course over Lent this year. I think most people from teenagers to the
elderly felt there was something in it for them. Today we had a Renewal of
Baptism vows in the morning Service and had 18 people rededicating their lives
to the Lord. So I felt that you must know about it and it will encourage you
as well as us here at St. Saviours Church, High Green, Sheffield. May God
richly bless your Ministry - Pat White, Mothers Union
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