Exploring Lent

Lent prayer walks from the Church Urban Fund: go to the Look section here >>

Lent downloads based on Sense Making Faith >>

Lent resources 'People on the Edge of his pain'. You can download the resources at www.ctbi.org.uk

You can still download Lent resources based on Sense Making Faith:

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland in conjunction with BBC Radio 4 and BBC local radio produced a comprehensive range of resources for Lent 2009 written by the MTAG team. These resources (also in Welsh) are available for use during any Lenten season.

You can download the resources based on the Sense Making Faith material for each Sunday in Lent (including alternative resources for St David's Day and Mothering Sunday).

You can also download Lent resources on Unreconciled? the Lent course in conjunction with BBC radio 4 for 2011.

Lent resources picking up themes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer for 2012 are also available from CTBI.

Check out Lent explorations on the CTBI website

Check out books by Sheila Julian Merryweather including:

Colourful Lent: A New Way to Pray when Words are Inadequate

more info here >>

Exploring Advent

CTBI has a range of Advent resources for 2009 exploring what Advent means in the context of an economic crisis. Downloadable resources are available here >>

There are a number of online advent calendars to look at in the run up to Christmas, with images, video and fun things to explore.

Try www.whywearewaiting.org.uk

For more Advent calendars go to the Do section here >>

Also you could check out:

Sheila Julian Merryweather:

Colourful Advent

Sheila Julian Merryweather shares her personal experience if using colour to pray about some of the difficult traditional themes of Advent - death, judgement, hell - and, in doing so, encourages and inspires the reader to use colour in a similar way.

Exploring Colour

Check out books by Sheila Julian Merryweather including:

Colourful Lent: A New Way to Pray when Words are Inadequate

Colourful Prayer: A New Way to Pray When Words are Inadequate

Colourful Advent: A New way to Pray When Words are Inadequate

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