Footsteps Courses
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
By Marius Dryfhout
Jesus taught and modelled prayer throughout his ministry revealing his relationship and complete dependence on His heavenly Father.
As we sit at His feet, we have much to learn.. Andrew Murray described it as being "With Christ in the School of Prayer"
In this course we will study and learn to apply the key themes that Jesus taught including:
What is prayer?
The secret place
Confidence in prayer
Persistent prayer
Prayer and fasting
True worship
Our heavenly Father
The Lord's prayer
Unity in prayer
8 Week course - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
One Body, Many Opinions! Hot Topics in Christianity
By Bevan Keighley & Pauline Simonsen
One Body, Many Opinions!
If we all follow the same Bible then why are there so many different denominations? Why are there so many interpretations? Which one is right and are there any easy answers? Jesus prays for his church to be one but there sure seems like a lot of topics we can't agree on. In this course we will spend some time looking at how we read the Bible and how we develop theology. We will explore some topics where diverse opinions still exist, such as communion, baptism, women in ministry and the end times. The goal is not to pick sides and fortify our positions. The goal is to challenge ourselves with fresh perspectives, generate discussion, and build unity in our diversity.
7 Week Term - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
7 week course. Enrol Now!
Christ Alone: Ephesians & Colossians
By Nevin Beukes & Pauline Simonsen
“Christ Alone: Ephesians and Colossians”
For the apostle Paul, it’s always about Jesus. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul calls followers of Christ to more fully understand who they really are 'In Christ', and the radically transformative power of that new-found position. This not only transforms how we relate to God but powerfully transforms a segmented and sinful humanity into one new family under Christ. His letter to the Colossian Christians makes the same bold claim: “there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all” (3:11)!
Paul’s compelling message is that Jesus Christ is the only answer to our divided society and world.
8 Week Term - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
Grace upon Grace B: Romans 9-16
By Pauline Simonsen
The letter to the Romans is Paul’s powerhouse statement on humanity and history from God’s perspective, delivered to people living in the great teeming city at the centre of the Empire… people of all persuasions, backgrounds and status. Any pride they might have in being at heart of the Empire is shattered by Paul’s fearless description of every human’s fundamental failure – and every heart is then lifted by his powerful exposition of the great grace of God that saves us all. This letter – Paul’s magnum opus - is not for the faint-hearted. He is direct, unequivocal and impassioned in his arguments, and yet also compassionate and pastoral in his encouragements. This letter has changed lives throughout the history of the Church. Let’s hear what the Spirit is saying through it to the Church – to us – today.
6 Week Term - $65 Early Bird Fee or $95 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
6 week course. Enrol Now!
Grace upon Grace A : Romans 1-8
By Pauline Simonsen
The letter to the Romans is Paul’s powerhouse statement on humanity and history from God’s perspective, delivered to people living in the great teeming city at the centre of the Empire… people of all persuasions, backgrounds and status. Any pride they might have in being at heart of the Empire is shattered by Paul’s fearless description of every human’s fundamental failure – and every heart is then lifted by his powerful exposition of the great grace of God that saves us all. This letter – Paul’s magnum opus - is not for the faint-hearted. He is direct, unequivocal and impassioned in his arguments, and yet also compassionate and pastoral in his encouragements. This letter has changed lives throughout the history of the Church. Let’s hear what the Spirit is saying through it to the Church – to us – today.
8 Week Term - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
Called to Overcome: The Book of Revelation
By Lindsay Tamblyn
DATE TO BE CONFIRMED.
Revelation, what was John thinking?! 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 seven’s! What are we to make of all this vivid imagery?
This course seeks to unravel many of the mysteries contained within Revelation. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of this apocalyptic masterpiece. This will be one very interesting study - make sure you enrol today!
Course Fee TBC
Fees are payable before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts.
Block Course. Enrol Now!
CANCELLED - God AND Man? Jesus in the eyes of the early church
CANCELLED - By Nevin Beukes (Please note later start date)
"Who do you say I am?" Jesus put this question to his followers in the midst of competing ideas about who he really was. As time went on, different people and different groups sought to answer this all-important question: Who is Jesus? In the early centuries of the Church many ideas about Jesus were formed and circulated. It was the church's challenge and privilege to wrestle with Scripture and reason, in seeking out the truth about Jesus. They had to navigate different ideas and different interpretations of scripture to properly articulate the truth: that Jesus is both God and Man. In this course we retrace the discussions of the early church fathers, wrestle with the scriptures they wrestled with, examine the creeds that were written as a result – and discover again for ourselves who this Jesus really is.
8 Week course - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
King David - Heart After God
By Dave Belesky
Life of David: Life of David Course promo Term 2, 2023
"We will wrestle with the question - how can David be a man after God's own heart, when he did some terrible things? He was flawed, and had a dodgy track record. Yet, there were aspects of his life that were remarkable and ahead of his time. What were they? Includes video clips that bring his story to life, and comprehensive notes useful for teaching/leading a small group study on David's life."
8 Week course - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
Bleeding Christians...Power, abuse and how to keep churches healthy
By Mick Duncan
Bleeding Christians…power, abuse and how to keep the Church healthy.
Mick will help us explore how we respond when situations arise within the church family that challenge us. For example:
Where there are accusations of abuse of power,
Where conflict between people or groups becomes toxic.
We will explore the question of forgiveness and reconciliation.
8 Week course - $95 Early Bird Fee or $125 Standard Fee
The Early bird fee will apply to payments made before 5pm the FRIDAY before the course starts. Standard fee will apply if paid after 5pm the FRIDAY prior to the course start date.
8 week course. Enrol Now!
Being Bereans: How to Read the Bible
By Pauline Simonsen
When the Jews in Berean were confronted by the apostle Paul with a strange and fascinating new teaching about Jesus of Nazareth, “they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true” (Acts 17:11). Wouldn’t it be great to be a Berean – eagerly searching the Scriptures for truth, understanding what we are reading and seeing how it all fits together into a coherent narrative? This course offers tools to unpack tricky passages and gives you a framework to interpret the Bible – from obscure Old Testament texts to the core New Testament teachings of the gospels. You don’t need to be a Bible expert to understand God’s Word!
What previous students said about this course:
# “I now have some tools to study the scriptures for myself”
# “I feel a lot more confident in my ability to find out what different sections of scripture actually mean in context”
# “Helped me to love the Bible again”
6 week course. Enrol Now!
The Lost Art of God Conversation
By David Rowe
This course offers an opportunity to explore how to have natural and organic God conversations with our friends and neighbours without losing our nerve.
“The danger is that while we are more connected now to the whole world than we ever have been before, we are less connected to people in our everyday life. We’re having fewer conversations.” Sakyong Mipham - The Lost Art of Good conversation
David Rowe, Anglican Archdeacon for Church Health and Growth; and Vicar of All Saints Palmerston North, explores the art of good conversation and then shares tools that will enable us to develop natural and meaningful conversations about our faith with others. The course is both practical and theological, with an expectation that we will develop conversations between sessions and then feedback our experience to each other. The Church needs to regain its confidence in a Gospel that is both gentle and transformational.