In 2023's Bible Month we feasted on Revelation
Chew over its words in a host of different ways; appreciating its strangeness, responding to its challenges and hearing its encouragement.
Revelation is one of those biblical books we can be tempted to avoid. It has a bit of a history and reputation for being misused, abused and misconstrued. Its odd and even disturbing imagery can make it quite an uncomfortable and perplexing read. But this pastoral letter, written by an elder sage to a diverse group of committed yet messy, tired, hurting and confused churches can actually offer us a lot of comfort and instruction about how to live hopefully, faithfully and lovingly as God's people today, however challenging a time and place we might find ourselves in.
To help make Revelation a bit more bite-sized, we looked at a different section each week through a different theme:
- Week 1: The Church Then and Now (Chapters 1-3)
- Week 2: The Triumph of the Lamb (Chapters 4-5)
- Week 3: Witness, Worship and Waiting (Chapters 10-13)
- Week 4: Heading Home (Chapters 17-22)
Engage with the text and message of Revelation in a whole host of different ways.
Four Week Study Guide
including Study Notes with Preaching Points, Small Group Session Plans and All-Age Worship Ideas, etc
Preparation Training Day
for those involved in promoting, encouraging and facilitating Bible Month locally (Local Preachers, Worship Leaders, Small Group Leaders, etc)
Bible Month 2023 FREE Further Resources
Below is a whole host of additional FREE resources designed to supplement the 30 Days with Revelation booklets.
- Bible Month Training Day Info and Host-a-Hub Guidance Pack (Pdf)
This 2023 Bible Month Training Day for Local Preachers and Worship Leaders was held on the 11th March. You can view the full recording of the Training Day on YouTube. You can also use the links below to download some of the slides used in different contributors presentations. - Revelation Reading Guide (Pdf or Printed Booklet) We don't just want to encourage churches and circuit to talk and read about Revelation - we want to encourage them to read it too! And hopefully discover that, despite it's strangeness, it really can be understood and appreciated. So we've broken it down into this guided reading plan which also includes some helpful notes to help you get the most out of reading it together.
- Bible Journaling Kit (Pdf and How-to Video) For those artistic and crafty ones amongst you, we've put together a Bible Journaling Kit. This is a printable resource with key words and images from the text of Revelation, that you can cut out and stick into your bibles of journals to help you as you meditate on its message. New to Bible Journaling? Check out this helpful video introduction that gives an example of how to make use of the Revelation Journaling Kit.
- Theme Animations (Videos) We've produced some short animations for each week of Bible Month which you can play in services or put out on social media. They offer a short, accessible introduction to that week's theme to help whet your appetite for engaging further. Click here to view the videos on Vimeo and download them. They are also available on our YouTube channel.
- Hymns for Bible Month worship (Pdf)
A starter list of hymns from Singing the Faith and StF+ to help worship and sermon planning. Selected to reflect the four themes developed for the Bible Month resource, together with hymns that make use of and resonate with Revelation's evocative imagery and language. - Church and Circuit Resource Pack (.zip folder) A resource pack for churches and circuits including PowerPoint templates, the Bible Month graphics, and this year's colour palettes and illustrations. Use these to help you promote and encourage engagement with Bible Month in your context.
- B&W Version of Study Notes (Pdf)
This is not the full version of the Study Guide which you can order from the Preach website. This is a reduced, black and white version with the core preaching notes for those wanting to prepare for Bible Month sermons and small group sessions.