Group Bible study and seasonal books

Advent

A Chequered Legacy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Church An Advent Course (Book 1: The Good)

The Good looks at the positive aspects of the Church, celebrating some of the achievements of Christian believers across the years in terms of building a better world, and asking what their efforts and example might teach us today.

FORGIVING AND FORGETTING: A GROUP STUDY COURSE FOR ADVENT

Christmas is a time for giving, getting, forgiving and forgetting. Each of these themes is explored through readings, prayers, activities, comments, sayings, discussion points and hypothetical scenarios reflecting everyday life.

LIGHTEN OUR PATH: REFLECTING ON THE MESSAGE OF ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS

An Advent study course and audio CDs for groups in six sessions.
Each focuses on one aspect of light and offers thoughts, readings, prayers, music, activities and points for discussion.

PROMISES, PROMISES: AN ADVENT STUDY COURSE

Promises, Promises is an eight-week course of exploration and reflection on the meaning and message of two of the most important seasons in the Christian calendar.
Each session includes prayers, Bible readings, reflections, discussion questions, meditations, suggestions for further reading, and ideas for action.
Suitable for both individual and group use.

READY AND WAITING: EXPLORING THE ESSENTIALS OF ADVENT

One theme dominates Advent – waiting. Just as God’s people of old waited for the day of the Messiah, so we wait for the return of Christ in fulfilment of God’s purpose.
Beginning and ending each session with passages of Scripture, Nick Fawcett has included hypothetical scenarios that bring each theme down to earth and help to explore what they might be saying to us today.

Lent

A CHEQUERED LEGACY: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF THE CHURCH
A Lent course (Book 2: The Bad and Ugly)

In The Bad and the Ugly, Nick Fawcett moves on to faults of the Church; faults that call us to reflect, confess, repent and work as best we can for a better, more enlightened future.

BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS: A LENT STUDY BOOK

This book looks at the idea of moving from the old self to the new and asks what aspects of our life need to be ended and what new characteristics should put in their place. Each of the six sessions begins with the words of a well-known hymn which introduce the theme to be discussed. These are further explored through a variety of prayers, intercessions and meditations.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS: A LENT STUDY COURSE

Exploring different aspects of life’s decisions through Bible passages and personal experiences, the five weekly sessions in this study course include prayers, activities, discussion questions, meditations, suggestions for further reading and ideas for action. Intended for small groups, but also useful for individuals, the sessions cover: A time to decide ● Complex decisions ● Who decides? ● Flawed decisions ● Living with decisions

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: A GROUP STUDY COURSE FOR LENT

What difference does being a Christian make to your life and what difference should it make? In this group study course, prolific author Nick Fawcett considers five ways in which Christian commitment should manifest itself: in a quality of love, allegiance to Christ and a spontaneity of witness, a disposition of joy, a generosity of spirit and a vibrant inner faith.

STOP AND STARE: A REFLECTIVE LENT COURSE

Ever-popular Nick Fawcett presents here not a study course but rather a tool for reflection. After an opening prayer, an introduction, readings and points for discussion, each weekly session contains poems, prayers, proverbs – and equally important, periods of silence – all designed to stimulate quiet contemplation.

Bible Study

DISCIPLESHIP: THE JOURNEY OF FAITH

An exploration of how we all are pilgrims, for every one of us is called to follow the way of Christ. Becoming a Christian is not an end in itself but the start of a lifetime’s pilgrimage, and the path of discipleship calls for perseverance, trust and courage.