About Seasons of the Spirit

Seasons of the Spirit is a lectionary-based resource created in community with congregations representing different denominations from Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. 

Seasons of the Spirit includes resources for the whole church. Leaders will find a wealth of ideas and help in the FUSION resource, while the ENCORE Age-Level resources span birth to adult.

Intentionally Intergenerational

Bring your congregation together with Seasons FUSION

For Congregational Life: Worship, Learning, Serving

SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT™ is a world-class curriculum combining worship with Christian education materials that the entire congregation can use.

Developed over generations and in partnerships with congregations, clergy, and church leaders, the resources are truly international, ecumenical and grassroots.

No other currently available curriculum has as many resources, features, benefits, and support services at a comparable cost. And no other curriculum provides as much continuous ongoing outreach through regular updates, newsletters, supplements and other online services.

The Perfect All-In-One Resource

Seasons FUSION is based on the semi-continuous stream of the Revised Common Lectionary and combines worship materials with Christian education materials for the entire congregation. Everything needed to integrate the worship, learning, and serving ministries of your congregation is provided.

Cutting Edge and Unique

SeasonsFUSION is developed in partnership with congregations located around the world, which means it is international, ecumenical and grassroots all at the same time.

Seasons current Coordinating Editor is based in Adelaide and can be reached through MediaCom to address any enquiries.

Flexibility

SeasonsFUSION is designed for:

• Clergy who want worship resources
• Congregations with lay worship/preaching teams who want extra worship resources
• Large congregations that use ENCORE for their age-level classes and want additional resources for intergenerational Christian education or to use with other mixed-age groups
• Smaller congregations that no longer have or want age-level classes
• Congregations that want to provide at-home resources for their families.

   

New! Resources for in-person and at home adaptation
for a variety of online worship and faith formation situations.

Includes the following:

Nurturing Faith and Spirituality at Home

Weekly online resource to support the spiritual lives of individuals and families at home with biblical engagement, faith practices, and links to audio stories, videos, crafts, and more. Easy for leaders to share via email or upload to your church website

Redesigned Planning Page

A weekly guide with a focus statement, personal reflection, ecumenical prayer focus, and special days. Easy to adapt and add to a bulletin, online worship resources, website, or social media.

Exploring Our Faith

Two pages of faith activities for young children include a Bible story, crafts, songs, and an activity or colouring sheet each week.

Health and Safety Practices

Helpful ideas for congregations to gather in person with the greatest care and safety for members.

For the Many Ways We Worship, Learn, and Serve Together

A new format that’s user friendly and offers an overview of SeasonsFUSION and ways each component might be adapted or used when meeting in-person or virtually. Easy for leaders to share the many resources SeasonsFUSION offers to the congregation.

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Seasons Catalogue and Order Form

For more information on Seasons FUSION and Seasons ENCORE
(age-level faith formation materials),
Click to download a PDF of the New Zealand catalogue

Click to download the PDF NZ Order Form

 

USB Stick Option

You can now order your Seasons of the Spirit Fusion and Encore packs as pre-loaded USB sticks.

Most desktop computers and laptops are now sold without CD/DVD drives, so the USB Stick option will give you access to digital Fusion and Encore resources for newer computers.

The Shopping Cart buttons above provide options for Print and USB packs respectively.

 

  

Delivery times:

• Print & USB Stick packs for the first half of Year A are expected to arrive in October 2022.

• Print & USB Stick packs for the second half of  Year A are expected to arrive in April 2023.

New Zealand customers only

Please note that we can only supply Seasons of the Spirit materials to customers in New Zealand.

 

 

How to Order

Please either: 

• Order online with your credit card using our secure shopping cart by clicking the Add to Cart buttons for the products listed below that you wish to order.
  

• Make a deposit to the Philip Garside Publishing Ltd account at BNZ:
  02-0536-0408135-000
  (Please also email books@pgpl.co.nz advising which materials you are ordering.) OR

• Download, print and complete the order form below, recording your Visa or MasterCard details and post (or scan and email) the form to us.

We will email you a receipted GST invoice when we have processed your order.

You can now only pay for your orders by:

• Using our shopping cart

• Making an online banking deposit to our account at BNZ 02-0536-0408135-000, or

• Phoning us on 04 475 8855 with your Visa or MasterCard details.