Standing Firm – Night School Winter Terms 2025-26
Life is rarely dull. Challenges and change, disappointments and disagreements, temptations and trauma are all close at hand. Join us at Capernwray on Monday evenings as we spur one another on to find our hope, strength, joy and life in the unchanging presence and power of the Lord Jesus.
Everyone welcome!
Night School: Moses, like Jesus!
Mon 29 Sep 2025, 7.30pm
Moses, like Jesus!
Speaker: Paul Keeys
Night School: Elijah – when you’re disappointed with God
Mon 6 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Elijah – when you’re disappointed with God
Speaker: John Allan
Night School: The Challenges of Change
Mon 13 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
The Challenges of Change
Speaker: Rob Whittaker
Night School: What does it mean to be church?
Mon 20 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
What does it mean to be church?
Speaker: Tim Proudlove
Night School: The Indwelling Life of Christ
Mon 3 Nov 2025, 7pm
Understanding and experiencing the Indwelling Life of Christ
Speaker: Graham Stamford
Night School: Living well in an Age of Anxiety
Mon 10 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
Living well in an Age of Anxiety – sustaining growth in the iPhone era
Speaker: Forest Paget
Sessions
| Date | Title | Speaker | When & Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2025 | “Moses, like Jesus!” Finding the family likeness | Paul Keeys | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 06 October 2025 | Elijah When you’re disappointed with God | John Allan | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 13 October 2025 | The Challenges of Change Navigating new waters | Rob Whittaker | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 20 October 2025 | What does it mean to be church? Acts 11-12 and the ‘Marks of the Church’ | Tim Proudlove | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 03 November 2025 | Understanding and experiencing the Indwelling Life of Christ | Graham Stamford | 7pm | Conference Hall |
| 10 November 2025 | Living well in an ‘Age of Anxiety’ Sustaining growth in the iPhone era | Forest Paget | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 17 November 2025 | The Sight of my Saviour How do we turn our eyes upon Jesus in a world of distractions? | Hester Martin | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 24 November 2025 | How to talk about Jesus without being quite so weird | Michael Ots | 7pm | Conference Hall |
| 01 December 2025 | Unity in Diversity How to maintain unity with people who are different to us | Jonathan Halsey | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 12 January 2026 | God & Natural Disasters & Am I just my brain? | Sharon Dirckx | 7pm | Conference Hall |
| 19 January 2026 | Women & the Kingdom of God Visual encounters in Luke’s Gospel | Claudia Proudlove | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 26 January 2026 | Joshua Lessons on leadership in transition, testing and triumph | Frank Cirone | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 02 February 2026 | Faith, Politics & the Kingdom of God Living as Citizens of Heaven, first | Adam Campbell | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
| 09 February 2026 | Faith & Hope in the Anthropocene Biblical responses to a changing planet | Dr Tim Lamont | 7pm | Conference Hall |
| 16 February 2026 | Why Temptation is good for us Temptation, our enemy and our friend | Charles Price | 7.30pm | Dining Hall |
Audio recordings
All our Night School sessions will be recorded and made available after the term finishes. If you attend or pay for all Night School sessions in a term, you will receive the lecture recordings (along with any slides the lecturers provide) free at the end of term. If you are interested in ordering any individual recordings (£5 per Night School session), please fill out this form.
Costs
- Free for anyone 21 and under or in full-time education
- £10 per session / £80 (all sessions term 1) / £50 (all sessions term 2)
No need to book in advance. You can register and pay (by card or cash) when you arrive.
