USING THE WAY OF PILGRIMAGE

Intended Audience

Age Level: Senior-high Youth to College Freshmen
Length of Series: Five, six-week volumes for a total of 30 weeks

How the Modules Work

The Way of Pilgrimage series includes five volumes of participant's books and one leader's guide for all five volumes. Volumes can be used individually, out of order, or combined as a thirty-week series. Each volume asks pilgrims to focus on a particular subject: pilgrimage, the Bible, prayer, companions, and stepping out into the world. The resources can be used in small group settings or with larger groups of youth broken into smaller discussion groups. Each volume has an accompanying DVD introducing the subject. The DVD includes a study guide helping participants process the video's contents. The videos can be used alone or as introductions to each of the five volumes.

Descriptions

The Way of Pilgrimage: Choosing Pilgrimage, Volume I
Pilgrims are invited to the journey through the faces of God's grace in scripture and in the stories of Christians through the ages who have been awakened to grace. While recognizing the hindrances to being on pilgrimage, we also recognize pilgrimage as a journey to the heart of God.

The Way of Pilgrimage: The Bible: Pilgrimage Travel Guide, Volume II
Pilgrims learn to recognize scripture as a guide for the pilgrimage, as the story of fellow pilgrims, and as a place to make their home through study, meditation, directing imagination, and group meditation.

The Way of Pilgrimage: Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage, Volume III
In the heart of the resource, prayer is the main activity on the journey that leads to the heart of God. Through exploring barriers to prayer, different prayer methods, and creative ways to pray, pilgrims expand their knowledge of and ability to connect through prayer.

The Way of Pilgrimage: Companions on the Pilgrimage, Volume IV
Pilgrims learn about the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us, and who accompany us, on our present-day journey. Spiritual friendship, spiritual direction and mentoring, small groups, and spiritual companions give pilgrims confidence along the way.

The Way of Pilgrimage: Stepping into the World, Volume V
After looking at life through the eyes of a pilgrim, recognizing their own faith stories and gifts, and exploring vocation as the call of God to be radically available to God in who we are and in what we do, pilgrims are sent out into the world with a sense of purpose.

The Way of Pilgrimage: Leader's Guide
The Leader's Guide provides structure and content for the weekly one-and-a-quarter-hour group experiences. Each session includes Welcoming, Noticing, Moving from Head2Heart, Naming, and Blessing and Sending Forth, all of which are explained in-depth in the guide. This additional resource is simple and user-friendly, enabling volunteers, youth leaders, college chaplains, and/or students to lead the sessions.