Training Courses

There are many ways to get involved with the work that we do here at Elim, and we are keen to equip you in the ways that you serve. In the past year we have run courses on money management, preaching, the Old Testament, Mormonism, and trained youth leaders and worship leaders. The training courses allow you to gain wisdom from those in positions of leadership in the church and learn new things with the wider church family. There are a whole host of opportunities to grow in the areas that you are interested in, so if its not yet been done then allow us to add it to the list!

Courses planned for 2011/2012…

Hermeneutics for Everyone

Mark 16 tells us that believers will pick up snakes and be unharmed – so should we hand out the rattle snakes before or after the Sunday sermon?  What can we learn and apply to our lives from Joshua’s battle practices or Solomon’s marriage policies?  Was Samson a good example?  How do we interpret difficult passages such as Psalm 137?  The aim of hermeneutics is to discover and apply the biblical principles found in Scripture.  In this 4-week course we’ll take an overview of how to do just that using lots of groups exercises, accessible teaching, and practical guides on a subject that is of high importance to everyone who wants to take seriously what God is saying through the Bible.

Old Testament Course
Is the Old Testament a closed book to you? You know the stories we tell kids, but little else.  In this course, find out what all 39 books are about and how they fit together.  Find out what God is saying through the authors and what he has to say to us in the 21^st Century. John Barton will again be doing some high-content bible teaching, on the Old Testament. This five-week course will run in January/ February so look out for more information nearer the time.

                                                  Boy Meets Girl
This relationship course written and hosted by Pastor Graham offers insights into choosing a partner, love, sex and temptation, as well as a sneaky peek at Graham’s advice on preparing for marriage and also a look at homosexuality and the Christian attitude toward it.
This course will run over three Monday evenings in the Spring term. Each evening will begin by the group sharing a meal together. There will also be single-sex discussions.
This course is not aimed at an relationship status in particular. If you are in a relationship it will give you lots of think about, but if you’re not, it just helps you plan for the future.

Preaching Course

This old favourite is always really successful and offers great advice and practical tips in preparing and delivering a preach. The following will be covered:
Part 1. Development of the correct attitude both in preparation and before your audience. Including how to stand before your listeners, managing fear, eye contact, personal presentation, etc.
Part 2. Developing Your Delivery. Includes microphone technique, how to start and how to stop, speech
Part 3. Choosing And Preparing Your Preaching Topic. Includes constructing the sermon, assembling the material, structure, plus notes and how to use them
In each session there will be time for discussion and practical exercises.

This is a course that we dun fairly regularly, and will probably do again in the summer 2012.

Also, coming up in Elim music world…

Workshops for electric guitar, keyboards and songwriting. Dates are all T.B.C. Also, look our for a series of short seminars on the importance of worship, which isn’t just for musicians!

For more information about any of the courses above, email students@yorkelim.com