Lent Groups 2025 - The Parables 
  

During Lent 2025 we explored some parables. Five Out of the Box stories were developed by Hannah Jones based on five parables. Alongside this, we use Paula Gooder’s book, The Parables, for supporting material to extend the exploration and questioning.

The Stories These stories have been created especially for this series, by a trained member of Out of the Box. To find out more about its ethos and their official stories please follow this link.

Week One: The Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20: 1-16) Week Two: The Compassionate King and the Unmerciful Slave (Matthew 18: 21-35).

Week Two: The Compassionate King and the Unmerciful Slave (Matthew 18: 21-35 

Week Three: The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22: 1-14)

Week Four: The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13: 24-30)

Week Five: The Tenants of the Vineyard (Mark 12: 1-12)

Wondering:
Let’s be curious about how we feel…

        ·     I wonder what you like about the story?
        ·     I wonder what you don’t like?
        ·     I wonder what the story reminds you of?