Life Source: A Five-session Course on Prayer for Lent

At times prayer can seem like hard work or a bit of a mystery. At other times, it's an encounter with the Living God. Wherever you are on the journey of faith, Life Source will encourage a discovery of new-found joy and delight in prayer for novices and old hands alike.

Ideal for Lent, cell or house groups, the course combines Bible study and discussion with a creative, hands-on exploration of five prayer patterns drawn from Christianity's rich heritage. The interactive sessions explore:

• Source of life - prayer as relationship
  
• Source of joy - prayer as enjoying God
  
• Source of light - prayer as listening Source of wholeness - prayer as honesty
  
• Source of love - prayer as care

Each session contains enough material for 90 minutes and includes:

1. Guidelines for group study, with full background notes for leaders
   
2. Interactive activities
   
3. Questions for discussion
   
4. Multi-media ideas e.g. film and music
   
5. Resources for worship
   

Each group member will need a copy of the book.

Kate Bruce is a chaplain at Van Mildert and Trevelyan Colleges at Durham University and Associate Priest at St Oswald's Church, Durham. Robert Warren was Team Rector of St Thomas' in Sheffield, the Church of England's National Officer for Evangelism and then for five years a full-time member of the Springboard Team. His most recent book is The Healthy Churches' Handbook.