Description

We are offering 3, seven week courses designed to help you go deeper in your faith. Please read the course descriptions below and register for the course you are most interested in taking. Our prayer is that these courses would be both an encouragement in your walk with Christ and also challenge you and help you to grow in your faith. We have designed these courses to be accessible to all age demographics both in content, learning level and in practice.

FAQs

What night are the courses running on?

The courses will be running on Tuesday Nights.

What are the start & end dates?

These courses will be running April 2nd - May 14th.

What is the start & end time?

Coffee will be available at 6:15pm and the courses will start at 6:30pm sharp & end at 7:30pm sharp.

What commitment level is expected of me?

Please plan to attend at least 5 of the 7 weeks if you register. Also some courses will have a homework component to them.

Where will these courses be held?

All 3 courses will run simultaneously on Tuesday nights at the church (185 Brock St, Gravenhurst).

Will there be childcare?

We will have limited childcare available on a first come, first served basis through registration (i.e. the first 20 children to register will have spot). Childcare will be available for kids 18months through grade 5. We apologize that our spaces are limited due to the size of our facility so please explore alternative arrangements first if you have them available to you. If you do register your children please ensure you are committed to coming very consistently. Once the spaces are filled we will open up a waitlist.

If you have an infant you are welcome to have them join you in the course.

Is there a cost for these courses?

There is no cost. They are free!

Can I register for more than one course?

Unfortunately you are only able to register for one course as they will be running simultaneously.

Course offerings

ASPIRING TO OVERSEE

“Aspiring to Oversee” is a course designed for men at any age or stage who want to dive deep into what the bible says about eldership, including the aspiration to be an elder, qualifications, calling, and the position itself. It's for men who want to learn more, or feel called, or want to know how to grow to one day be qualified. Regardless, you will come away with a solid understanding of what it is that elders at Calvary are responsible for, and a thorough grasp on all that scripture says about eldership. Since the marks of an elder overlap with the marks of a mature believer, the topics covered are easily transferable to leading as a husband/father, and growing as a steady, contributing part of the church.

The format of “Aspiring to Oversee” will incorporate personal bible study with a very hands on approach. The course will conclude with a mini-sermon preparation workshop. 

THE VOICE OF THE HEART: A MOVEMENT OF THE HEART TOWARD GOD AND OTHERS - this course is now full

How did we drift to a place where a part of how God made us (feeling, needing, desiring, longing, hoping beings) would be the very part of us we attempt to overcome to mature in Christ?

When did feelings become the enemy of spiritual maturity?

No wonder for so many of us, "doing the Christian life" is an exercise in "doing." We're attempting to do relationship with God and others with our heads, cut off from the voice of our hearts. We often end up trying to perform for God and others to survive, instead of a posture of joy and peace in the Gospel. We end up living life alone, trapped in the prison of our own performance, morality, and self-will. Despite being hard-wired for intimate relationships, our fear and shame keep us detached from our hearts and therefore detached from the ones we love. We learn to cope with life by utilizing any form of escape. This is not living -- this is barely surviving.

The Voice of the Heart Bible Study is for anyone who wants more. Dig deeper into Scripture and your own story individually and in community. No matter your situation, this study will guide you, one step at a time, on the journey home: home to the God who is love, home to the gifts He gave you, home to your family, home to your passion, and home to the joy of being transformed into the image of Jesus.

THEOLOGY PROPER: THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

What does the good news of easter lead to? Why is heaven going to unfathomably amazing? Why does being forgiven of our sin bring us joy? What does all of God’s Word point to? What does everything theological truth flow from? Where does true, lasting changing in us come from? What is at the core of the gospel? What is at the centre of the Christian life? The answer to all of these questions is not a WHAT, but a WHO - the answer is GOD. 

So what should capture our minds as Christians? What should make our hearts joyful? What should we devote our time and our energy and our effort and our prayer to day after day? The answer is simple - knowing God. We should want to know God more and more each and every day that we walk on this earth. 

Jeremiah 9:23-24 says this: 

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

In this course we are going to study the attributes of God. An attribute is simply something that can be attributed to God’s nature - an essential trait of God. We are going to study attributes like God’s Aseity and Necessity. We’ll study his immutability and eternality, his infinity and ineffability. We’ll study his omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience. We’ll also study God as love and holy and beauty and life itself - and so many more. 

My prayer at the end of this course is not that you walk out like a professor knowing every big, theological word, but my prayer is that you walk out at the end of the course knowing God more (2 Peter 3:18), loving God more (Deuteronomy 6:5), treasuring God above everything (Matthew 13:44-46) and finding life in knowing your Creator, Sustainer, Saviour and King (John 17:3).