Lent
Lent is the six week period leading up to Easter. Traditionally, Lent is a time of preparation for the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter. From its start on Ash Wednesday (day after Pancake Day) until its conclusion on Easter Sunday, Lent is often used as a time for fasting or giving something up.
It can be hard to know where to start, but here are some resources, from books to apps to daily devotionals, that you might find helpful to use on your own, or maybe with a group. If there’s anything you’d like to share, recommend, or you’d like to connect with others as you do this – please let us know!
Inner Room App - This Lent be shaped by praying three times a day for forty days. with this resource from 24-7 Prayer.
Tearfund Lent Devotional - Daily devotions to help you draw closer to God this Lent.
The Lent Encounter 2023 - a journey to Easter with Bible Society where you will be guided through a different Lenten theme each week.
The Rest Is Worship - contains 40 short chapters and could be used as a daily Lent book, about experiences of receiving God’s gift of rest in home and church life.
The Big Church Read - For each book there are exclusive videos from the author along with questions for discussion or self reflection.
Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week
St Andrews Bookshop - selection of books to use throughout Lent.
Unanswered Prayer Course - five sessions go deeper, provoking honest conversation around the hardest and most personal questions we all ask about prayer.
Give Up 10 - Sign up to receive a weekly reflection from Trussell Trust that will give you a new perspective on familiar Bible passages and consider how you can take action against injustice.
Light the Fire Again - Join with thousands of others around the country to pray together through Lent for revival, using the Psalms and the diaries of John Wesley. Resource from Wildfires Festival.
Ad-Lent Calendar - collect one of the most needed foodbank items for the first 20 days of lent, and donate to North Bristol and South Glos Foodbank ready to go out to those who need it over the Easter period.
Infinitum Life - Lent Journey with World Vision and Youversion.
Muddy Church - 8 page resource pack offers activities, reflections and challenges for the 40 days of Lent .
On Thursday 9th March, we have set aside a day of ‘prayer and fasting’ and in the evening will be a Whole Church Vision and Prayer evening at 7.45pm at Ebe Church building. More details to come soon. Find out more about fasting here.