Winter School 2025

28 June – 5 July 2025, Napier Girls’ High School

BOOK IN FROM 8PM, 2 FEBRUARY, 2025
Bookings are online only via http://www.cfbs.org.nz

We look forward to seeing you there, God willing!

MAIN TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
First session. Hezekiah
Bro Con Mitsos

As the prospective kings of the coming Kingdom of Israel restored, the life of
Hezekiah is especially written for our learning and admonition in spiritual leadership,
for this dispensation and the next.

One of the lessons we learn from Israel’s turbulent spiritual history, is that
reformation initiated by faithful leaders has been impossible to sustain. The natural
tendency in human nature resists reformation; opposes reformation and the moment
that leadership is withdrawn, the human tendency is to go back to the way things
were and those who are not strong enough to reform, or to hold the opposing force
at bay, will eventually capitulate to this pressure.

Hezekiah undoubtedly was the primary subject of the Immanuel, Servant and
Kingdom prophecies of Isaiah, so his life and times make him an incredible type of
our Lord Jesus Christ in so many ways. In fact, a consideration of the present and
token application of Isaiah’s prophecies in his day, enriches our appreciation of their
primary and ultimate fulfilment in Jesus Christ.

Born to Ahaz, Hezekiah had every excuse to fail, but he trusted in Yahweh, so that
after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before
him and his inspirational, faithful leadership and spiritual reformation made him the
internationally acclaimed victor over the brutal Assyrian and saviour of a small
remnant in the day of Divine judgment against Judah.

Second session. Paul’s travelling companions
Bro Jacob Lewis

The apostle Paul was chosen to be a torchbearer, carrying the blazing light of the
Gospel to the Gentiles. Yet along his journeys, he was accompanied by lesser lights – faithful men and women who like Paul gave their lives to the service of the ministry.
Each was chosen to travel with him for different qualities they brought that would
help the Gospel message to be spread. Some joined him in the inexperience of
youth and grew into their role, others joined him at a more mature age and
succoured him in his times of need. 

In this series, we will look at some of Paul’s travelling companions. They were his
fellow labourers, his yokefellows, his helpers, his friends. We will see their personal
struggles and weaknesses, the sacrifices they made to be with Paul, and the ways
they were developed for helping Paul in his work. Together, they show to us the
variety of people that God chooses to work through to achieve His purpose. We may
not all naturally be like Paul – leaders in the work, travelling around the world and
inspiring thousands through our words and example. But we may find that we can be
like Timothy, or Luke, or another of Paul’s helpers, serving in the work in a less
prominent but no less important way. And the Father is able to develop and use each
of us to work together in His service to collectively accomplish far more than
anything we could ever achieve by ourselves.

The stories of Paul’s travelling companions can often be swallowed up by the greater
work that Paul was undertaking, but they are recorded for our benefit, our learning
and as inspirational examples for us to follow. As we come to consider them, may we
too be encouraged in the work of the ministry, our service to others and the
furtherance of the Gospel.

YOUNG PEOPLE TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
First Session: The Levites
Bro Carl Marsden

In this session we’re going to look into the Levites in great detail. Who they were,
where they came from and what they did. And most importantly, how does this apply
to us as a young people today.

We’re going to find practical lessons and encouragement from the story of the
Levites. When the Levites were strong, Israel was strong. When the Levites were weak, all Israel suffered.

As we look into these studies, we’ll each find the importance of becoming the new
generation of Levites in our day

Second Session: Hezekiah
Bro Con Mitsos
(See main study synopsis above)

EVENING SERIES
Joy in the TRUTH

The stress, trials and pressure of our daily life in society and even within the
ecclesia, we can lose sight of the joy we can have in our faith and community. This
talk series aims to inspire the Joy of the Truth and serve as a reminder in these very
last days to lift up our heads and ‘finish our course with joy’ as in the words of the
Apostle Paul.

JUNIOR SCHOOL
Bro James and Sis Jeanette Stephenson
First Session: Pauls Conversion & Journeys
Second Session: Life in the Time of Christ

HOSTS
Bro Glenn and Sis Gail Williams
Bro Wayne and Sis Dinah Roberts

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