Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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.
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.
This session will be available for catch up.
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.
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.
Book recommendations: The J Curve by Paul Miller, The Joy of Service by Julian Hardyman
This session will be 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.
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 this short daily online session with Count Everyone In, running Monday to Friday. This is a devotion for adults with learning disabilities to encounter God for the first time and for others to grow in their faith and understanding. This session will be streamed on YouTube. Further details will be added soon.
This week’s sessions are a repeat of those premiered during Week One.
Bible Reading: Hosea: The Subversive 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.
Young people must be registered for these sessions. Click here to register.
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.
Young people must be registered for these sessions. Click here to register.
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.
Young people must be registered for these sessions. Click here to register.
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.
Young people must be registered for these sessions to attend in person. Click here to register.
This session will be live streamed and available for catch up.
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.
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.
