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24 January 2018

Resources for Lent and Easter

The resources listed on this page are not intended to be a comprehensive listing so if you think we are missing any excellent resource please let us know at [email protected]. We've also compiled a list of Easter facts and stats which you can find here: Easter facts and statistics .

Words for Lent: 40 readings from Luke's gospel along with comments and prayers for the period of Lent.

The glory of the cross featuring daily readings from the Gospel of John by Tim Chester.

40 Acts: do Lent generously with Stewardship.

The Archbishop of York Youth Trust have a Lent Challenge for school age children with free downloadable resources.

Hungry for change is the 2018 lent course from the Church Urban Fund.

Keep it simple is the 2018 Lent resources from All We Can, Methodist Relief and Development

Pray for vulnerable children during Lent: Work out how much you could save from the item you are giving up for Lent, from The Children's Society who also have weekly reflections available for download.

Download a Count your blessings Lent calendar from Christian Aid to journey with people like Dimma who have been forced to flee their homes.

Do1nicething Lent: a diary of suggestions for Lent from a partnership of Christian organisations.

New Life: reflections for lent has been published by the Association of Christian Writers

Trusting God Prayer Journey is the 2018 Lent resources from LICC

Why Does Easter Matter? A DVD based family or group study series for Lent.

40 stories of hope is the 2018 theme for Lent  from CTBI and Hope based on Mark's gospel.

Broken A six week study course for Lent by Cannon Dr Paula Gooder

Making all things new is the theme for the 2018 Lent studies from Embrace the Middle East.

Let your light shine #LiveLent 2018 is a 6 week discipleship programme for Lent from the Church of England.

Say it to God is the Archbishop of Canterbury's book for Lent 2018.

Cover to Cover Lent study guides: short paperbacks on aspects of the Christian faith compiled for Lent.

Jars of Change: Lent resources from Water Aid.

If you like to give something up for lent have a look at the suggestions on what you could give up on the Equipping Godly Women site



Easter Resources

Great Commission: our evangelism hub brings together a wide range of tools and resources to help your church share Jesus this Easter. You'll also find short video stories about lives changed by Jesus across the UK - perfect for showing in a Sunday service.

The Good News newspaper is a contemporary evangelistic resource ideal for giving our at your Easter outreach events.

Try Praying Offers resources for people who don't go to church and aren't religious but which help a person pray and trust Christ with their life so would be ideal for any evangelistic activities you are planning.

SGM Lifewords: video, audio and text resources for a creative approach to your Easter celebrations. Free but donations requested.

Tyndale House Easter videos: Tyndale have produced a series of three short films giving an insight into the experts' evidence for the events of Easter. (scroll down to see the Easter videos)

Easter in Cyberspace: resources for Easter compiled by Hopewell Methodist Church.

CPO: the Christian publicity specialists have a range of promotional material specifically for Easter.

BRF Children and Families: resources that are ideal for supporting children's work in church during Lent and Easter.

The Arthur Rank Centre: The Arthur Rank Centre aims to support the mission of rural churches and has produced a number of resources specifically for Lent and Easter.

Table talk for Easter: Table Talk for Easter, a six session game and conversational course, will create the space needed to talk easily about what Easter means to you.

Hope for Easter: lots of different missional ideas and resources for youth groups and adult small groups.

Resources from the the Methodist Church: includes prayers for Lent and Easter 2018.

Bridge Builders: the Story of Easter, a small booklet featuring the Gospel of Luke explains the significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus and is suitable for outreach work in the run up to Easter.

Messy Easter: ideas for Easter from the Messy Church movement.


The resources listed on this page are not intended to be a comprehensive listing if you think we are missing any excellent resource please let us know at [email protected].


This list is provided for information only and does not constitute recommendation of a particular resource by the Evangelical Alliance.