To everything, there is a season. In church life, Advent turns to Christmas, then Epiphany, and before you know it...

Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent, begins early this year (February 14th, 2018).

Our annual Fellowship of Prayer Lenten Devotional is in the warehouse and ready to ship to you. While you're looking ahead to winter and Lenten book studies, we have a couple of suggestions for that, too.
by The Bethany Fellows:
Nannette Banks, Laura Ann Phillips, and Lara Blackwood Pickrel, editors
What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? How do we walk with him along the way? Our annual Lenten devotional offers daily reflections and prayers to help guide and deepen your journey with Jesus this Lenten season. 

Volume discounts make it possible to purchase copies for yourself and all members of your congregation!
About the writers:
For more than a decade The Bethany Fellowships has encouraged young pastors in their earliest years of ministry. Research indicated 1/3 of young ministers may leave congregational ministry in their first five years. This ministry was born out of the intention of strengthening congregations by helping newly ordained, young pastors transition from seminary to sustained congregational ministry with a strong and healthy pastoral identity.
Lenten Book Studies
The season of Lent, with its emphasis on reflection and spiritual discipline, is a good time for book studies, whether with your congregation,
a small group, or on your own.
Pre-order now and receive a FREE Group Study Guide and bonus video!
by Carolyn Helsel

Available February 2018--pre-order today to have your copies by Ash Wednesday

"Wait... We're talking about what? I'm not so sure I want to do that." When it comes to discussing racism, many white people are overwhelmed with anxiety, leading to a fight-or-flight response. In  Anxious to Talk About It,  pastor and professor Carolyn B. Helsel draws on her successful experiences with white congregations to offer us tools to embrace and explore these anxious feelings. 

While  Anxious to Talk About It  can be read alone, reading it with a group is strongly recommended to help deepen and broaden the discussion, integrate the material and practice with others. A study guide (available now with your pre-order) supplies questions to get the conversations started.

In this video, Carolyn Helsel tells the story behind writing this book:
Jesse and Natalie Turri, artists
Christopher D. Rodkey, author

The journey of Lent—from Ash Wednesday to Easter—is traditionally one of prayer, repentance, spiritual discipline, and meditation. But coloring ? 

Now you’re invited to add the spiritual practice of “coloring the Bible” on your Lenten journey. Engage both sides of your brain as you read the scripture and color your way through each day of Lent with evocative illustrations of God’s Resurrection story, from the Old Testament prophecies of Emmanuel to Jesus’ victorious appearances after his crucifixion to the loyal Disciples. Dozens of drawings will draw you deeper into the story and your own place in it. 

I always come away from my time with this book refreshed.” ―Kerry Connelly, blogger, Jerseygirl
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