Discovery Seminars
DISCOVERY SEMINARS
Emmaus Discovery seminars are occasional seminars usually held on Saturdays at Cornerstone Christian School, L Block, 91 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North. These seminars are wide-ranging and offer participants opportunities to explore topical issues beyond the usual Footsteps programme. In these Discovery seminars Emmaus provides a range of information and ideas to generate broader and deeper discussion in the Christian community. Registrations are essential.
Note: Emmaus Trust does not necessarily endorse every statement by individual speakers during Discovery seminars.
You may also be interested in our Foundations Programme or Footsteps Courses too.
PAST SEMINARS
Open to All - Friday 27 & Saturday 28 June
By Lindsay Tamblyn
Joseph – what a great character to study! His story is an incredible story. From being sold into slavery, he is framed and forgotten, he rises to second in command of the most powerful nation on earth and emerges as a saviour of nations. His story is rich in drama, emotion, unexpected twists and turns, family dysfunction then reconciliation, theological insights, faith through hardship, and ultimately is a story of divine favour and blessing. His story will inspire your faith, awaken hope and highlight God’s providence at work. This short course will unpack all of this and more as we journey with Joseph through his story – the story of a dream.
Friday 27 June, 4.30pm to 8.30pm
Saturday 28 June, 9.30am to 4.30pm
cost $95
Places are limited so enrol now.
SEMINAR FULL - Waiting List Started for March
Content from Common Grace Aotearoa
Facilitated by Emmaus
As Christians, we are shaped by the stories and promises of what God has done before us. God has been at work in this country forever and the Treaty has a rich Christian heritage. We can look at the story of the Treaty and how it was signed, and let that shape how we live in this land.
But do we actually know what the Treaty says? Why Māori chiefs and the Crown signed it? What happened after?
Now is a great time to refresh our understanding and plug our knowledge gaps so that we can participate meaningfully in these conversations. Join us in exploring these questions using videos with expert speakers, and discussion in small groups. Come on an exciting journey of curiosity, learning and conversation.
Click the link below for a preview
https://youtu.be/kWVM4T7tiCo?list=TLGG3ac01fZ2R-0xMDEyMjAyNA
Cost TBC
Venue: Emmaus @ Cornerstone Christian School, Gate B, L Block, 91 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North.
Places are limited so enrol now.
Block Course
Open to All
Speaker: Lindsay Tamblyn
PASTOR LINDSAY TAMBLYN - FACILITATOR
What was in John’s mind when he wrote Revelation? Beasts with seven heads and ten horns. Horses with tails like serpents. Scorpions with faces like men. A woman clothed with the sun. Seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, seven churches, seven thunders. So many sevens! What are we to make of all this vivid imagery?
This block course seeks to unravel many of the mysteries contained within Revelation. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of this apocalyptic masterpiece. This will be a fasinating study - make sure you come!
Kings Grace Church, 118 King St, Palmerston North Central
$130 for two full days and booklet
Places are limited so enrol now.
Discovery Seminar
Open to all
Speaker: Silvia Purdie
The world in general, and young people in particular, are increasingly
concerned about threats to God’s Creation. This fuels anxiety, hopelessness
and conflict. How should people of faith respond?
Silvia Purdie is an ordained minister and qualified counsellor with a
particular interest in mission and the natural world.In this seminar Silvia draws on the insights of climate psychology together with theology and ministry to equip those providing pastoral care.
Standard fee TBC
Discovery Seminar - Moving on: Grief in Ministry Transitions
Speaker: Silvia Purdie
We love new beginnings in the church, but endings are harder. When we do endings well, people leave feeling blessed and grateful. When endings are done badly people can be deeply hurt and their souls and ministries seriously damaged. Presbyterian minister and counsellor Silvia Purdie has researched how people of different cultures, ages and stages experience this, and has written a book called Moving On: Grief in Ministry Transitions. This seminar will help participants to prepare for future transitions and recover from past hurts.
Topics covered:
Ending well: what are my responsibilities through the process of leaving a position?
Complex grief: why are some endings harder than others?
God is in it: theology of transition, and pastoral prayer for healing.
In context: cultural differences and wider church responsibilities.
Standard fee $60pp (including Silvia’s book $20)
Discovery Seminar - CANCELLED
Speaker: Dave Belesky
CANCELLED
"God has given each of us different gifts/abilities that: show what he's like to the people around us, inform us on where we make our best contribution, and point to where meaning and purpose in our life is found. Come and uncover more of who you really are! Highly interactive, with video input from world experts.
Prework required: complete an on-line survey.
Standard fee $50pp
Discovery Seminar
Open to All who are working with teens and young adults. Recommend 15+
Material covered will be of an adult nature but will not include anything explicit.
Speaker: Ian Reid
Pornography has become the biggest issue within the church over the last 10 to 15 years. As the church there is little that we have done about it because we do not know what to think about it and do not know where to start. This is destroying our young people as they turn further and further inward with guilt and shame without having anyone to turn to for help. Come and be trained in how to create a community that brings healing through God’s grace and finds freedom from pornography.
Standard fee $50pp
Places are limited so enrol now.
Discovery Seminar
Speaker: Adam Dodds
This interactive seminar begins by introducing Islam: the person of Muhammad; Islam’s sources of authority, its theology and core practises; the Sunna, Shariah law, and Islamic da’wah (mission). We will examine similarities and differences with the Christian faith, and the relationship between the Bible and the Qur’an. The seminar will consider Islam in relation to contemporary issues such as peace and violence, freedom and censorship, apostasy, Dhimmitude, and the place of women. Some of the deeper contrasts between Islam and Christianity will be uncovered, and the seminar will also offer answers to Islamic objections to Christian faith. Finally, we’ll ask the question: how do I love my Muslim neighbour?
There will be lots of opportunity throughout for questions and answers - come along to deepen your understanding of, and response to, Islam today.
Open to All
Presented by a team of facilitators.
Conversations across culture: a gospel for all people
The cultural diversity of Palmerston North is growing. Your bus driver, your accountant and your family doctor could well have quite different cultures to your own. Fellow parents, waiting outside the school gates, wear turbans or face veils. What should our attitude be towards such people?
What do we think when they say and do things that seem odd?
Do we believe everyone is the same underneath and do we treat them the same way as our white middle-class neighbours?
When we discover that many are loving, self-sacrificing members of society, do we perhaps feel that Jesus has nothing to offer them?
If we suppose that people of all cultures need Jesus every bit as much as we do, what can we do about that?
Come and explore these questions and more.
Cost $70
Places are limited so enrol now.