Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Morning Prayer
Prayer is integral to our relationship with the Lord and it is at the heart of the Convention.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by John Martin.
A downloadable PDF of prayers will be available here ahead of the session.
This session will be live streamed.
Click here for downloadable session prayer diary
Seminar: School of Biblical Studies: What the Church can learn from Lamentations
Complaining Against God
One of the things that was lost when Christianity separated from its Jewish roots is the dialectic between trust and questioning which is very much alive in the Old Testament and to some extent in the New Testament. The Christian response became characterised solely by an unquestioning trust. This has moral and political implications. This session argues for the recovery of the tradition known in Jewish tradition as chutzpah – the audacity to express one’s complaints before God.
Seminar: Cross cultural mission in our communities: God’s mystery faithfully revealed
In God’s mystery faithfully revealed we’ll see that the place God chooses to bring different nationalities together is in his church, the body of Christ. We’ll emphasize the importance of the local church in God’s purposes and the mystery that he has delighted to include those ‘far away’ along with ‘those who are near’. We’ll consider how this divine diversity might play out in our own local churches.
Click here for session recommended resources
This session will be available for catch up.
Seminar: Jars of Clay: The community of weakness: how weak leaders strengthen the church
What does a church look like when their leaders are rejoicing in weakness? How does it change the atmosphere in our conversations and small group meetings? We’ll think through how embracing strength in weakness is vital to forming loving, Christlike church communities and begin to explore the practicalities.
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Book recommendations: The J Curve by Paul Miller, The Joy of Service by Julian Hardyman
This session will be live streamed and available for catch up.
Seminar: Faithfulness in the Home: Faithful in marriage (Part 2)
Christians know that our marriages mirror the love between Christ and his church. How do we reflect the faithfulness that he has for us between ourselves? These two practical seminars are for couples to explore how to build godly faithfulness in prayerful and practical ways, reflecting the goodness that God has given us in each other and fighting the sin that so often drags us down.
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This session will be available for catch up.
K4K Families Together
Join these brand new Keswick 4 Kids sessions for the opportunity to explore the Bible as a family. Open to children aged 11 and under and their families, there’ll be Bible teaching, songs and other activities. All activities will be set up for you at your own table so you can learn and have fun together with ease.
Count Everyone In
We’d love you to join us for these short daily online sessions of Bible teaching, worship, signing and prayer with Count Everyone In. The series runs Monday to Friday and is especially intended for adults with learning disabilities to encounter God for the first time or to grow in their faith and understanding. We shall explore the exciting Book of Ruth with the help of Janneke Klos, Pete and Christine Winmill, who each take the role of one of the main characters. We shall find out how God is faithful even in difficult times. Each session will be streamed on YouTube.
Seeing the story through Ruth’s eyes, we’re thinking today about how we can trust God when we don’t know the plans He has for us. We’d love you to join us for another short but full session at 10:45am on YouTube.
This week’s sessions are a repeat of those premiered during Week One.
Bible Reading: Hosea: The Surprising Compassion of God
When God is not the Lion you thought he was – Hosea 4-5
It now becomes clear that God’s purpose for Hosea’s home life had profound resonances for Israel’s national life. Far from being the faithful and devout people that they imagined themselves to be, God’s prophet forces them to identify themselves spiritually with Gomer, the treacherous prostitute. He will come as a ravenous lion, not to protect but to judge. (5:14)
Book recommendations: Hosea The Passion of God by Tim Chester, The Message of Hosea by Derek Kidner, Love Divine & Unfailing by Michael P V Barrett, Hosea: An Introduction and Commentary by Robin Routledge
This session will be live streamed and available for catch up.
Keswick Youth (11-13): Small-group Bible teaching
Having fun, being challenged by God’s Word and being changed to live more for Him is the aim of Keswick Youth.
During these morning sessions there will be small-group Bible teaching as young people aged 11 to 13 and their leaders gather to speak about God, read the Bible and look at how to live as a Christian.
Keswick Youth (14-16): Small-group Bible teaching
Having fun, being challenged by God’s Word and being changed to live more for Him is the aim of Keswick Youth.
During these morning sessions there will be small-group Bible teaching as young people aged 14 to 16 and their leaders gather to speak about God, read the Bible and look at how to live as a Christian.
Keswick Youth (17-18): Small-group Bible teaching
Having fun, being challenged by God’s Word and being changed to live more for Him is the aim of Keswick Youth.
During these morning sessions there will be small-group Bible teaching as young people aged 17 to 18 and their leaders gather to speak about God, read the Bible and look at how to live as a Christian.
Keswick Unconventional: Lunchtime gig with Anna Nicholson
Join us for this lunchtime gig.
After bringing her show ‘Get Happy’ to KU 2019, actress, writer and character comedian Anna Nicholson returns with her original debut show ‘Woman of the Year’. The hilarious and unique show follows characters each vying to be Woman of the Year; including an Instagram star, a competitive vicar, and an outspoken granny. But who will win? The audience decides.
Anna’s style has been described as “Victoria Wood in a smart-phone age”. Her show toured the UK and internationally from 2018-2020, winning the Best Comedy Weekly Award at the Adelaide Fringe. Suitable for 13+.
Tickets will be available from Eventbrite from 5th July. Click here to book tickets.
Pencil Factory Tour
Join a tour of the Pencil Factory Building
This year has seen tremendous progress with the Derwent project – despite Covid – there’s been a full programme of Teaching and Training courses – and phase one of the refurbishment of the Pencil Factory building is completed. Heating, lighting and plumbing are now installed throughout, ground floor meeting rooms created – that will be used for the Youth programme at this year’s Convention – and toilets installed for the Convention.
We are running tours for small groups at 13.30 and 15.30 Monday to Friday, to see the progress and discuss plans for the next phases of work. We do hope you can join. Please meet at the entrance to the Pencil Factory.
To book your space, please register via the link on this page. Please note that spaces are limited. We look forward to seeing you!
Keswick Teaching and Training
Come along and find out more about our Teaching and Training programme. You can find about what’s been happening and also what’s coming up in the 2021/ 2022 programme.
For details about the 2021/ 2022 programme, go to: Teaching & Training Events – Keswick Ministries
Keswick Unconventional: Art Workshop: Aburidashi, The Secret of Invisible Ink with Kaori Homma
Artist Kaori Homma will share the secret of her art of Aburidashi/fire etching made with invisible Ink. Focusing on the linkage of fire etching process to the espionage and illicit love letters in the past, Homma explores the idea of ephemeral in her art practice, situating the idea of ephemeral not only as an aesthetic idea but also as a part of a discourse with socio-political and environmental issues.
Kaori Homma is an artist originally from Japan, based in London exhibiting in UK and internationally. Homma is a co-founder of Art Action UK, a platform for artists’ creative and critical responses to global crisis. She is also an Associate Lecturer at CSM and CCW at University of Arts London. Homma’s works are regularly exhibited at Royal Academy, and in both public and private collections. Homma co-leads a fellowship group at All Souls, Langham Place with her husband Ken McLaughlin and serve as a mentor for Ergon ministry. She also works with Morphē Arts to give support for artists.
Tickets will be available from Eventbrite from 5th July. Click here to book tickets.
Pencil Factory Tour
Join a tour of the Pencil Factory Building
This year has seen tremendous progress with the Derwent project – despite Covid – there’s been a full programme of Teaching and Training courses – and phase one of the refurbishment of the Pencil Factory building is completed. Heating, lighting and plumbing are now installed throughout, ground floor meeting rooms created – that will be used for the Youth programme at this year’s Convention – and toilets installed for the Convention.
We are running tours for small groups at 13.30 and 15.30 Monday to Friday, to see the progress and discuss plans for the next phases of work. We do hope you can join. Please meet at the entrance to the Pencil Factory.
To book your space, please register via the link on this page. Please note that spaces are limited. We look forward to seeing you!
Keswick Youth (11-18): Evening programme
The Keswick Youth evening sessions give young people another chance to get together to have fun, be challenged by God’s Word and be changed to live more for Him. We’ll be holding youth evening celebrations for the young people from Sunday to Friday.
This week’s evening sessions will be live-streamed so that young people around the UK and beyond can join in and benefit.
Click here to view the PDF for the meeting.
Evening Celebration: A truth-holding church
The future of the church – at least in Asia Minor – was threatened from without by persecution and within by false teaching, idolatry and immorality. The words of the risen Christ come, with similar pattern, in every letter. Although rooted in history, and particular, yet they are meant for wider audience and they are very contemporary.
In Revelation 2:12-29 we are introduced to Pergamum and Thyatira. Although one is characterised by faithfulness in the face of suffering and the other by authentic discipleship marked by faith and love, both put up with false teaching that has catastrophic consequences in idolatry and sexual immorality.
This session will be live streamed and available for catch up.
Keswick Unconventional: Windows on the Word
Hosea and a Culture Divided:
Taking a cue from the morning Bible readings, we’ll explore how the Arts can offer an alternative commentary on the Bible and open new ways of seeing God’s Word. Join artist Alastair Gordon and the Keswick Unconventional Team for three evenings of art, music and performance based on the book of Hosea.
Hosted by Alastair Gordon with Gareth Davies Jones, Sarah White and Tyrone Isaac-Stuart.
Tickets will be available from Eventbrite from 5th July. Click here to book tickets.
Concert: Andrew Peterson
Join us for an evening concert with Andrew Peterson. Andrew is a singer-songwriter, an author, and is the founder of the Rabbit Room, a ministry committed to fostering spiritual formation and Christ-centered community through story, art, and music. He lives in Nashville with his wife and three children, but he has an unreasonable fondness for English footpaths.
19-24s Late Night
While you’re making some of the decisions that will shape you for the future, we want to be there with you, cheering you on to live a life worthy of the calling you’ve received. Explore the Word of God in our dedicated 19–24s space and enjoy making new friends right here in the beautiful Lake District. Come and get excited about the Gospel and the call to whole-life discipleship – it really could be a week to remember.
