A number of Convention speakers will be preaching in local churches. Click here for full details.
Join us as we gather together across all ages in a service led by the children and youth team.
If you’re new to Keswick Convention or here on your own, come along to our Welcome Reception at 14:00 on Sunday. Here you can find out more about the Convention, and how to get the best out of your time with us.
A service of Thanksgiving for Peter Maiden, former chair of Keswick Ministries and International Director of Operation Mobilization, who passed away in July 2020.
You can watch online here
Any members of the wider Keswick Fellowship Connect network are welcome to join James Robson and others for a time of encouragement and sharing.
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 2022/ 2023 programme.
For details about the 2022/2023 programme, go to: Teaching & Training Events – Keswick Ministries
For mission workers on leave, a time of encouragement and sharing.
Sign up at reception.
Join us for a night of celebration with EMU who are leading the worship this week.
No ticket purchase or reservation needed.
If Prison Walls Could Speak is a brand-new theatrical presentation written and produced by Artless Theatre Company in partnership with Release International.
If Prison Walls Could Speak contains a message that is both inspiring and challenging for both Christian and non-Christian audiences alike.
This one-man play is a hybrid multimedia performance featuring immersive video and sound.
Based on the book Imprisoned With Isis: Faith In The Face Of Evil, the play tells the true life story of Petr Jasek, who in 2015, was imprisoned for his work aiding the persecuted church in Sudan.
Charged as a spy and forced into horrifying prison conditions, If Prison Walls Could Speak is a powerful story of faith amid corruption and espionage, as Petr faces torturers, ISIS fighters and corrupt judges on his path to freedom.
No ticket purchase or reservation needed.
Have fun, be challenged by God’s Word and changed to live for Him more. If you’re aged between 3 and 11, then this online Keswick 4 Kids programme is for you!
Speaking about God, reading the Bible and looking at how to live as a Christian will be central to this week.
Our priority is to learn about God through his Word in the Bible. Through teaching and activities, God’s Word will be taught, and its relevance will be explained.
The theme for this week is Matthew chapter 8. We will gaze upon Jesus together and follow the disciples in asking the question ‘who is this man?’ We’re going to see Jesus heal diseases, teach his followers, calm the storm, and even cast out demons. As we do, we’re praying we’ll get to know him better and understand more of who he is.
Keswick Ministries & Safeguarding:
We would love to use social media to connect with you guys this summer, but we’re absolutely committed to doing this in a safe and legal manner that protects you and safeguards your personal data.
Click here for full details.
We ask that everyone registers all 3–18 year olds for the Youth and Children’s programme. We offer on-line registration which streamlines the overall process and we hope will make things easier for you too. Please note that places are limited, so do register as soon as possible.
Once submitted, these details will be available to simply update in future years. Please include all relevant details of any special or additional needs that it would be helpful for us to know about.
Once you have registered your child you will receive an email confirming registration has been successful. Please check your junk box if this does not come through immediately.
The confirmation email contains a sign out code, please keep this safe as it will match the code on the wristband your child is given and it will be needed to collect your child from the venue.
Please click here to register.
Any questions please email kidsandyouth@keswickministries.org
Every child or young person registered to attend the various Children’s and Youth programmes will need to collect a wristband. The wristbands can be collected from the specific venue where the programme the child or young person is going to attend takes place. The various venues can be seen below.
Wristband will be available for collection on Sunday, 9:15-9:45 and 11:45-12:15 (either side of the all age service).
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids morning programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids morning programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids morning programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids morning programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids morning programme for 8-11s
Keswick4Kids evening programme for 8-11s
Bible readings will be given by Alistair Begg.
In 1983, Alistair became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio, where he continues to lead the congregation and teach God’s Word Sunday by Sunday.
He will be speaking on 2 Timothy.
During the Convention, sessions will be livestreamed on the Keswick Ministries YouTube channel. They will then be available afterwards for catch up.
This letter records Paul’s last words. He is in prison, chained to a Roman soldier, dictating this letter to Luke for his young pastor friend, Timothy, Paul’s ‘true son in the faith’ (1 Timothy 1:2). Timothy had been his travelling companion on missionary journeys, had visited churches on his behalf, was with him during his first stint in prison and was now the pastor of the church in Ephesus. Paul wrote to Timothy encouraging him to visit, but, more importantly, pleading with him to stay faithful, keeping Christ and the gospel central to his life and ministry.
Paul calls his spiritual son Timothy to guard the gospel despite hardship. As he does so we get a window into how each of them became the man they were.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Paul reminds Timothy of those who have been steadfast and those who haven’t. He calls Timothy, with a renewed appeal, “to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Paul calls Timothy to faithful ministry in the face of the challenge of false teachers.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Paul gives a damning indictment of false teachers and urges Timothy to stick with what he has learnt.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
In a deeply personal end to the letter, Paul gives to Timothy the solemn charge to fulfil his ministry.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
There are a number of seminar streams running throughout the week:
Please do look at the programme below for more details.
The Pattern of Gratitude seminar will be live streamed on the Keswick Ministries YouTube channel.
The other seminars will be available for catch up on the Keswick Ministries YouTube channel too.
Christians have always insisted on the goodness of creation. We’re going to consider Irenaeus of Lyons, a second-century leader of the Church, and see how his teaching can keep us from unbiblical, imbalanced attitudes on creation – and how our salvation in Jesus means hope for the world.
Hudson Taylor is one of the most famous names in world mission. His conviction of the truth of God’s word and gospel, and commitment to God’s mission, led him to China – and to Keswick – his ‘happy hunting ground’ for future missionaries. How can his life story inspire us to renew our conviction, commitment and excitement in sharing God’s good news?
A recent global survey reported that people are split roughly 50/50 over the question of whether religion does more harm than good. But are all religions the same? What factors may be important in the link between religion, health and well-being? And, specifically, what does the evidence show about the mental health benefits, as well as the potential harms, associated with Christian faith?
How do we get a handle on a book as perplexing as Ecclesiastes? What difference does Jesus make? An overview and introduction to this part of the wisdom literature with some big picture thinking about the whole of life.
Extra Reading – Is All Really Vanity
Extra Reading – Let Death Teach You How to Live
Extra Reading – You do not have much time
The Trinity: if it’s too mysterious to understand, what’s the point? If getting it wrong is so dangerous, why engage? But we will never worship God rightly or enjoy God fully until we know Him as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Come see more by looking at Athanasius of Alexandria, and the Church’s struggle to stay faithful to the Triune God in the fourth century.
Lilias Trotter could have been one of the greatest artists of her generation. Instead, inspired and encouraged by the Keswick Convention, she spent 40 years in Algeria sharing the gospel. She followed God’s ambition and agenda, not the world’s. How will her fascinating story challenge us to do the same?
The bible is unequivocal in calling followers of Christ to gratitude and thanksgiving. But what do psychological studies show about the impact of counting our blessings? Does an attitude of gratitude enhance well-being and mental health? Or might being over-grateful undermine self-confidence and cultivate a naïve ‘Pollyanna-ism’ that runs counter to common sense? How can we cultivate healthy, life-giving habits in our personal formation in Christ?
An eternal God teaches creatures some of his greatest lessons through the vehicle of time. Wise people respect time’s rhythms and give up trying to control time’s seasons.
Extra Reading – Is All Really Vanity
Extra Reading – Let Death Teach You How to Live
Extra Reading – You do not have much time
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, but have we seen His glory? We’re going to think through fifth-century leader Cyril of Alexandria’s passionate proclamation of a Saviour who is fully divine and fully human, and contemplate the glory and goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Barclay Buxton came from a wealthy and influential Christian family. Their godly example was key in leading him to Christ, ministry, and mission in Japan. Visits to Keswick encouraged him throughout. Following his godly example his family also became involved in ministry and mission. How can we, like him, influence those we know and love to serve Christ?
Anxiety is on the rise, especially among young people. The bible teaches that perfect love ‘casts out’ fear, and Jesus counselled ‘let not your hearts be troubled.’ But is this easier said than done? Given evidence that human beings possess an in-built sensitivity to negative threats – the ‘power of bad’ – how can we order our hearts away from fear and toward a positive life-giving faith?
How can the day of death possibly be better than the day of birth (Ecc. 7:2)? Ecclesiastes is a mediation on the fact that we are whispers in the wind, here one minute and gone the next.
Extra Reading – Is All Really Vanity
Extra Reading – Let Death Teach You How to Live
Extra Reading – You do not have much time
What the Bible says about human sin makes sense of us and our world like nothing else – but it’s never been easy to hear. We’re going to dwell on why salvation is something we need, and not something we can achieve on our own. We’re going to draw on Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) and his battle to articulate what Scripture says about sin and our salvation.
Amy Carmichael was the first ‘Keswick Missionary’. Her selfless devotion to Jesus led her to care for, and share the gospel with, some of the most neglected and vulnerable children in India. She saw herself and others through Jesus’ eyes. Will we?
Remember your identity is in Christ! This oft-repeated phrase – intended to encourage and instruct – rolls off the tongue. But in terms of how we govern our thoughts and feelings, what does it actually mean? What does having an identity in Christ actually look like, and feel like? And what difference should it make in terms of some of the confusion around identity so prevalent in our culture today?
If all is “meaningless, meaningless” how then should we live? What does a life well lived in light of eternity actually look like?
Extra Reading – Is All Really Vanity
Extra Reading – Let Death Teach You How to Live
Extra Reading – You do not have much time
Paul wrote to the Ephesians: “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you.”
Prayer is integral to our relationship with the Lord. It is at the heart of the Convention and we want it to be part of Keswick Convention.
How to get involved:
From Monday to Friday there will be morning prayer meetings, in person in Base Camp (Packing Hall 1)
There will also be an accompanying prayer diary. Let us pray together!
If you have a particular prayer request, we have a prayer team that will pray for requests confidentially. Email: prayer@keswickministries.org
We are not able to reply to you, but rest assured we are praying for your request.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by Steve James.
Click the PDF icon to download a prayer guide for the session.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by Steve James.
Click the PDF icon to download a prayer guide for the session.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by Steve James.
Click the PDF icon to download a prayer guide for the session.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by Steve James.
Click the PDF icon to download a prayer guide for the session.
Join us for a time of prayer, led by Steve James.
Click the PDF icon to download a prayer guide for the session.
Many people with learning disabilities encounter God for the first time at the Keswick Convention and others grow in their faith and understanding.
Count Everyone In is focused on inspiring and equipping God’s church to be welcoming and accessible to all, especially those who are so often marginalised by society and even the church because of learning disability.
We shall focus on the Convention theme of Gratitude and in our daily celebrations we’re looking at some of the main evening celebration topics.
Monday: Thanking Jesus – the grateful man healed from leprosy
We shall focus on the Convention theme of Gratitude and in our daily celebrations we’re looking at some of the main evening celebration topics.
Tuesday: Following Jesus – Jesus has no favourites, he calls us all
The afternoon workshop will be a relaxed, fun and creative event for adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
We shall focus on the Convention theme of Gratitude and in our daily celebrations we’re looking at some of the main evening celebration topics.
Wednesday: Trusting Jesus – He calmed the storm and will help us too
The topic of this seminar is Longing to Belong – how your church can respond to adults with learning disabilities.
We shall focus on the Convention theme of Gratitude and in our daily celebrations we’re looking at some of the main evening celebration topics.
Thursday: Set free by Jesus – no one and nothing is stronger than Jesus
We shall focus on the Convention theme of Gratitude and in our daily celebrations we’re looking at some of the main evening celebration topics.
Friday: Needing Jesus – our family and friends need Jesus too
We meet the Lord Jesus as He acts mercifully and miraculously in the lives of a diversity of people facing various challenges. These episodes tie in with our theme Grateful, not so much in gratitude expressed by these people, but in the way they highlight reasons we have to be grateful to Him.
Join us for Evening Celebrations as we sing God’s praise and hear his word.
Speakers are: Alasdair Paine, James Robson, Ellidh Cook, Niv Lobo and David Gibson.
During the Convention, sessions will be livestreamed on the Keswick Ministries YouTube channel. They will then be available afterwards for catch up.
As we meet together once again after a long period of isolation and loneliness, we begin this series in Matthew 8-9 by joining Jesus as he encounters a man with leprosy and brings him out of his own self-isolation.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Even though the Jewish people had the scriptures and the history, here we meet a Gentile centurion who knew better than anyone where true authority lay.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
While on earth Jesus ministers to and heals many people who come to him with various ailments. But what is the true and deeper meaning of these physical healings?
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Jesus quickly is recognised as a miracle maker and great healer but in these verses (Matthew 8:18-22) he shares the true cost of what it is to be his disciple.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
In the epic and astonishing event of Jesus calming the storm many questions are raised as to who he really is. Jesus proves once again that his disciples can trust him during all the storms of life.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
As Jesus travels into Gentile country he shows that he has the power to restore two-demon possessed men. Even here, in ‘unclean’ settings, Jesus has the power to save. Though it may not always be welcome.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
As we reach the climax of this series we see two kinds of people, both needy in different ways, who are transformed by their meeting with Jesus.
This session will also be available for catch-up via the live streaming link below.
Have fun, be challenged by God’s Word and changed to live for Him more. If you’re aged between 11 and 18, then the Keswick Youth programme is for you!
Speaking about God, reading the Bible and looking at how to live as a Christian will be central to this week.
Our priority is to learn about God through his Word in the Bible. Through teaching and activities, God’s Word will be taught, and its relevance will be explained.
The theme for this week is Matthew chapter 8. We will gaze upon Jesus together and follow the disciples in asking the question ‘who is this man?’ We’re going to see Jesus heal diseases, teach his followers, calm the storm, and even cast out demons. As we do, we’re praying we’ll get to know him better and understand more of who he is.
Keswick Ministries & Safeguarding:
We would love to use social media to connect with you guys this summer, but we’re absolutely committed to doing this in a safe and legal manner that protects you and safeguards your personal data.
Click here for full details.
We ask that everyone registers all 3–18 year olds for the Youth and Children’s programme. We offer on-line registration which streamlines the overall process and we hope will make things easier for you too. Please note that places are limited, so do register as soon as possible.
Once submitted, these details will be available to simply update in future years. Please include all relevant details of any special or additional needs that it would be helpful for us to know about.
Once you have registered your child you will receive an email confirming registration has been successful. Please check your junk box if this does not come through immediately.
The confirmation email contains a sign out code, please keep this safe as it will match the code on the wristband your child is given and it will be needed to collect your child from the venue.
Please click here to register.
Any questions please email kidsandyouth@keswickministries.org
Every child or young person registered to attend the various Children’s and Youth programmes will need to collect a wristband. The wristbands can be collected from the specific venue where the programme the child or young person is going to attend takes place. The various venues can be seen below.
Wristband will be available for collection on Sunday, 9:15-9:45 and 11:45-12:15 (either side of the all age service).
Keswick Youth evening programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 15-18s
Late Nite is a time where we gather together to have lots of fun and laughs! Whether that’s silly games from the front or team challenges, Late Nite is a great time to chill out with your friends and make some great Keswick memories.
Keswick Youth morning programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 15-18s
Late Nite is a time where we gather together to have lots of fun and laughs! Whether that’s silly games from the front or team challenges, Late Nite is a great time to chill out with your friends and make some great Keswick memories.
Keswick Youth morning programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 15-18s
Late Nite is a time where we gather together to have lots of fun and laughs! Whether that’s silly games from the front or team challenges, Late Nite is a great time to chill out with your friends and make some great Keswick memories.
Keswick Youth morning programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth morning programme for 15-18s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 15-18s
Late Nite is a time where we gather together to have lots of fun and laughs! Whether that’s silly games from the front or team challenges, Late Nite is a great time to chill out with your friends and make some great Keswick memories.
Keswick Youth morning programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth evening programme for 15-18s
Late Nite is a time where we gather together to have lots of fun and laughs! Whether that’s silly games from the front or team challenges, Late Nite is a great time to chill out with your friends and make some great Keswick memories.
Keswick Youth morning programme for 11-14s
Keswick Youth will join the Evening Celebration in the Main Tent this evening. Please go straight to the Main Tent and head for the area reserved for Youth.
We live in a culture obsessed with self- definition, self-fulfillment, and the pursuit of self-esteem. In this lecture, through the history of ideas and the rise of modern psychology, we trace the roots of western culture’s ‘inward turn’. We expose the harms, as well as the potential benefits, of today’s absorption with the self. And finally, we explore how the Christian Gospel points to a better story of human flourishing.
Join us from 9:30 for 10:00-11:00 programme.
Join us from 9:30 for 10:00-11:00 programme.
Join us from 9:30 for 10:00-11:00 programme.
Join us from 9:30 for 10:00-11:00 programme.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
Join us for a tour to see and hear about the latest progress on the Pencil Factory redevelopment.
Please pick up tickets from reception in advance of the tour.
Tickets limited to 25 people per tour.
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