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The Lent Encounter 2024

This year, you can join The Lent Encounter. It’s a completely free 40-day journey to help you connect more with the Bible and the life of Jesus – AND you don’t have to give up chocolate! 

What is Lent all about?

Lent is a traditional period in the Church calendar which marks the advent of Easter. When it technically starts and ends depends on the Church tradition.

Lent, Easter and Pentecost resources

This Easter season, journey with Jesus on his path to the cross and celebrate his resurrection. We have a host of resources to help you reflect and celebrate, including our new children’s Easter booklet.

How much did Mary love Jesus?

In Britain, Mother's Day falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent and started as a church tradition. While you won’t find many verses in the Bible directly hailing motherhood, it’s easy to see through the stories of Bible moms the love that God ha...

The Pentecost Reflection

If you enjoyed the Lent Encounter, why not join us to celebrate Pentecost and the 220th anniversary of Bible Society! Eight members of Bible Society staff will present a daily devotion, exploring the ways in which the Holy Spirit inspires and accompa...

Five ways to find resurrection power in Scripture this Easter

Share The Awesome Easter Surprise, get on board with The Lent Encounter, download an action-packed family service, and reach beyond your church with the End of the Road? outreach booklet.

Why should Christians read the Old Testament?

One answer is that the whole Bible is inspired by God, and it’s all his word to us. Another is that it’s full of great stories and wonderful verse that feeds our spirits. Another is that the world of the New Testament grew directly out of the wor...

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Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life

Join Dr Andrew Ollerton as he demystifies the book of Romans and equips us to share the gospel with confidence.

#SheToo podcast series

Join us for #SheToo, a seven-part podcast series exploring some of the texts that include violence against women in the Bible. These 'texts of terror' have, at times, been used to oppress women or have just been ignored. But what happens...

The Greatest Miracle of All resources

Our Easter resources feature a new children’s Easter booklet called The Greatest Miracle of All (for ages 7 – 11) accompanied by an easy pop-up service and PowerPoint.

The In-Between Time

Those weeks in-between the resurrection and the day of Pentecost are jam packed with amazing and exciting stories that speak into the way we live out faith today.

Lamentations and the gift of prayer

While God’s mercy is affirmed in the book of Lamentations 3.21–24, Dr Heath Thomas explores how the cry of 'kyrie eleison!' can become a model for the Church today.

Garden offers ‘peace and calm’ to Wallasey residents

A Psalm 23-inspired garden is being created this autumn around St Nicholas’ Church in Wallasey, Merseyside. The inspiration came when churchgoer Elizabeth Brandwood visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and saw Sarah Eberle’s Psalm 23 Garden.

What happened on Good Friday?

We all know what Easter Sunday is. It’s when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. But what about Good Friday? What’s so good about it?

 

 

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