Together for a
Season is a practical travelling companion for the journey through the Church's
year. Aimed at all those planning and leading worship and those working with
children and adults in groups, it offers a rich array of creative material
designed to bring to life the seasonal liturgy of Lent, Holy Week and Easter,
including Pentecost.
Drawing on the material offered in Common Worship: Times and Seasons, this book
includes:
An introduction
to each of the seasons of Lent, Holy Week and Easter;
Fully worked-out
all-age services for all the key dates, including the start of Lent, Palm
Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Ascension and Pentecost;
Creative
suggestions for incorporating multi-sensory elements into seasonal worship to
encourage active participation and involvement from the whole church;
A wealth of
additional practical resources for use with groups of children and adults, at
home and in outreach activities.
There are three
pathways through the material: the Lenten tree, Head, hands and heart and
Stations of the cross. The book includes information on the origins of these
symbols and suggestions as to how they might become a unifying thread in the
worship of the whole congregation as they journey through Lent, Holy Week and
Easter.
Woven throughout
are suggestions for how to lift the liturgical texts off the page to produce
engaging, multi-sensory worship that encourages the participation of the whole
people of God.
The material is supported by a free CD-ROM, which includes illustrations and
templates, the texts of services, and full-colour photographs to inspire your
own worship.