Soul Care & RESOURCES
We would love to encourage you to use this time wisely and to steward well the hours that may have been freed up due to the closure of restaurants, gyms, work places and our own church activities.
Hopefully some of the below resources we have been using will help.
Sunday Talks
Our page Sunday Talks has the back catalogue of all our talks. Have a look through and catch up on any you have missed. We would particularly recommend our Vision Talk 2020 if you’ve yet to hear it!
We have a range of speakers, speaking on a variety of subjects and Bible passages so there’s bound to be plenty for you to choose from.
Bible in a Year
We love reading the Bible, seeing how God worked and hearing Him speak to us through His Word. Why not join in with our daily readings as we work through the whole of the Bible in year? Access Bible in a Year here.
Every day we highlight a passage from one book of the Bible. It will take about 10 minutes to read or listen to. Each day stands alone so you can join at anytime.
Life-Giving Habits
Here you can access our series on life-giving habits - spiritual disciplines to help us become more like Jesus. This is a perfect time to change what we are doing, given that our normal way of life has changed anyway! There’s a wide range of “habits” you could try out and then build into your life rhythm including: Rest, Worship, Secrecy and Bible feeding.
Go deeper with a course
Courses are a great way to explore particular aspects of your soul health to a deeper level, usually with a group of others who are also wanting to pursue spiritual health. We currently run two courses, which can all be completed through an online community as well as recommending HTB’s The Marriage Course. We have access to other courses, including Faithwalking and Restoring the Foundations, which will happen again when we are able to meet in person.
This should hopefully mean there will be one that suits the stage you are at as well as your current lifestyle. For further information about any of the courses, email Liz Nixon.
The Gold - is an 8 week course, diving into the depths and the breadths of The Gospel by encountering afresh each person of The Trinity.
The Marriage Course - is a 7 week, online course designed to help you invest in your marriage.
Prayer Cards
We've got three different prayer cards that you can use in your prayer times. They guiding you through structured prayers or reflection time to enable you to go deeper.
Check out ‘The Examen’ being modelled by Becky Evans’ in her talk on Worship. She helpfully demonstrates The Examen during the last 5 minutes, taking and timing 1 minute for each of the different section. It’s a total prayer time of 5 minutes and could be easily done last thing at night in more depth or several times throughout the day.
If you would like a set sent to you, email Liz.Nixon@severnvineyard.org and we can arrange to get some out to you in the post!
Books
People have been writing about the practice of spiritual disciplines for decades so there are plenty of books out there to choose from! A few we would recommend include:
Do let us know if you’ve read a great book - we’d love to be able to recommend it to others!
Marriage Course
Why not take the time to invest in your marriage and build a strong relationship during this time? HTB are offering their 7 session marriage course for free online at the moment. So why not have a date night and sign up?