We are holding our first ever GOLD Project prayer week!

We have created a week long schedule of prayer points for you to view/download and try to take some time throughout your day to pray for these.

We are also hosting 3 prayer sessions via zoom, where we can get together for just half an hour and pray in a unified voice to our heavenly father who loves to listen to us.

Our prayer online sessions will take place on:

Monday 12th Feb at 7:30-8:00pm

Wednesday 14th 1:00 - 1:30pm

Friday 16th 9:30-10:00am

Please email us by clicking the below button and stating which prayer session you would like to sign up to.

Abundant life level 1

Course Starting: January 10th 2024

Time: 8.00pm

Leader: Richard Powell

Meeting: In-Person at Merland Rise Church

A basic course of 18 lessons on the foundations of the Christian life and how to live the "Abundant Life" offered by the Lord.

A simple, self-study workbook enables students to complete lessons alone at home. This personal study is complemented and deepened by regular meetings in your local group with your group facilitator “GOLD Leader.” Ideal for discipling new believers or reinforcing basic teaching with more mature believers. Practical Application is built into the study and discussed at each meeting.

Prep time for this course is 30mins approx, weekly.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 1 courses. Click Here

HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

Course Starting: Mon 16th Oct 2023

Time: 8-9.30pm Fortnightly Meetings

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: In-Person near Colney Heath

Cost: £65 (Bursaries available)

This course deals with the ‘Pre-exilic Historical Books’ of the Old Testament and we hope that by the end you will have a good knowledge of the contents and teaching (theology) of these books. There are 10 Blocks of study.

Prep time for this course is 4-6 hrs per fortnight.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Following Jesus: The Life of Christ (Book 2)

Course Starting: Tuesday 30th May 2023 - Introductory Meeting

Time: 3.30pm Weekly

Leaders: David and Sue Moll

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: £45 (Bursaries available)

Following Jesus is a comprehensive six-book course on the Life of Jesus following St Matthew’s Gospel. In this 2nd course entitled Year of Preparation, we will look at the first year of Jesus’ Ministry. Students are encouraged to put into practice what they learn and to pass on their learning to others (for more information about the course see Level 2 Courses).

Recovering God's Vision: A Study of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah

Course Starting: Thursday 25th May 2023 Fortnightly

Time: 3pm-4.30pm

Leader: Dr David Ball (Director of the GOLD Project)

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: TBC (Bursaries available)

This the first of two courses which deal with some of the most important prophets of the Old Testament, and we hope that by the end you will have a good knowledge of the contents and teaching (theology) of these books.

This is a 5 Block Course (for more information about the course see Level 3 Courses).

Snapshots from the Life of Christ

Course Starting: Tues 25th April 2023 (Fortnightly)

Time: 1pm

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: £6 plus £2 P&P for a hard copy

This is an introductory course on the Life of Jesus for groups to study together. It requires no homework and is downloadable for free.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 1 courses. Click Here

Foundations of Love and Hope: A study of the letters of john and revelation

Course Starting: Mon 30th Jan 2023

Time: 7.30-9pm Fortnightly Meetings

Leader: Carla Macgregor

Meeting: Via Zoom

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

This is the second of two courses which deal with the writings ascribed to ‘John’ in the New Testament. In the present course, we deal with the Letters of John and the book of Revelation.  There are 5 Blocks of study. The course aims to introduce you to the Letters of John and their possible historical setting.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Pure Gold

Course Starting: Thurs 26th Jan

Time: 3.45pm Weekly

Leaders: Lyn and Jean Kirk

Meeting: Via Zoom

Cost: £30 (Bursaries available)

Pure Gold gives an excellent grounding in an overall knowledge and understanding of all the books of the Bible and how they fit together to give us a wonderful picture of God's plan for humanity (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses).

Discover Life: A Study of the Gospel of John

Course Starting: Tues 24th Jan 2023

Time: 10-11.30am Fortnightly Meetings

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: Via Zoom

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

This is the first of two courses which deal with the writings ascribed to ‘John’ in the New Testament. In the present course, we deal with the Gospel of John. There are 5 Blocks of study, taking you through the whole of the Gospel.

Prep time for this course is 4-6 hrs per fortnight.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Discover Life: A Study of the Gospel of John

Course Starting: Mon 23rd Jan 2023

Time: 8-9.30pm Fortnightly Meetings

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: In Person - Colney Heath Area

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

This is the first of two courses which deal with the writings ascribed to ‘John’ in the New Testament. In the present course, we deal with the Gospel of John. There are 5 Blocks of study, taking you through the whole of the Gospel.

Prep time for this course is 4-6 hrs per fortnight.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Following Jesus: The Life of Christ (Book 1)

Course Starting: Tuesday 17th Jan 2023

Time: 3.30pm Weekly

Leader: David Ball

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: £40 (Bursaries available)

This will be a new group studying Following Jesus Book 1 especially suitable for Church Leaders

Following Jesus is a comprehensive six-book course on the Life of Jesus following St Matthew’s Gospel. In the first course basic skills of Bible Study are combined with a study of the text and the historical and geographical background to Jesus’ life and ministry. Students are encouraged to put into practice what they learn and to pass on their learning to others (for more information about the course see Level 2 Courses).

Abundant Life

Course Starting: Introductory Meeting Wed 11th Jan 2023

Time: 6.30-8pm meeting Weekly. Numbers Limited

Leader: David Ball

Meeting: In Person. Bristol Lawrence Weston Area

Cost: £30 (Bursaries available)

A basic course of 18 lessons on the foundations of the Christian life and how to live the "Abundant Life" offered by the Lord (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses.

Abundant Life

Course Starting: Introductory Meeting Wed 11th Jan 2023

Time: 12.15-12.45pm lunch 12.45-1.45pm meeting Weekly

Leaders: Angie Ball and Sam Hands

Meeting: In Person. Bristol Lawrence Weston Area

Cost: £30 (Bursaries available)

A basic course of 18 lessons on the foundations of the Christian life and how to live the "Abundant Life" offered by the Lord (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses.

Encountering Jesus and the Kingdom (2): A Study Of Luke and Acts

Course Starting: Tuesday 27th Sep (fortnightly meetings)

Time: 2-3.30pm

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: Via Zoom

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

Prep Time: 2-3 hrs per fortnight

Welcome to the second of two courses on the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. Both courses are entitled ‘Encountering Jesus and the Kingdom’. The first course looked at the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. This course deals with the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. This is a 5 Block Course.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Worship and the Psalms

Course Starting: Mon 25th Sep 2022 (fortnightly meetings)

Time: 7.45 (for an 8pm start)

Prep Time: 2-3 hrs per fortnight

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: In Person. Colney Heath area

Cost: £65 (Bursaries available)

This course deals with two interlinked subjects as is indicated by the title: worship and the Psalms. By the end of the module you should have a good base for understanding what ‘worship’ is, in terms of biblical teaching and Christian tradition. You should also be able to understand and expound the Psalms and use them in worship, whether as a worshipper or a leader/enabler of other worshippers.

The course consists of 10 Blocks which means it will last two terms (for more information about the course see Level 3 Courses).

Abundant Life

Course Starting: Introductory Meeting Tues 13th Sept 2022

Time: 10.30am-12pm Weekly

Leader: Heather McCulloch and Mands Stewart

Meeting: Freeland, Witney. OX29 8AZ

Cost: Free (paid by Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland)

A basic course of 18 lessons on the foundations of the Christian life and how to live the "Abundant Life" offered by the Lord (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses.

Abundant Life

Course Starting: Introductory Meeting Thurs 8th Sep 2022

Time: 7.20-9pm Weekly

Leader: Nicola Aylett

Meeting: In Person. Northampton Area

Cost: £30 (Bursaries available)

A basic course of 18 lessons on the foundations of the Christian life and how to live the "Abundant Life" offered by the Lord (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses.

Pure Gold

Course Starting: Wednesday 27th April 2022 TBC

Time: 2pm Weekly

Leader: Angie Ball and Sam Hands

Meeting: In Person Bristol Lawrence Weston area

Cost: £30 (Bursaries available)

Pure Gold gives an excellent grounding in an overall knowledge and understanding of all the books of the Bible and how they fit together to give us a wonderful picture of God's plan for humanity (for more information about the course see Level 1 Courses).

Encountering Jesus and the Kingdom (2): A Study Of Luke and Acts

Course Starting: Tuesday 26th April 2022 (fortnightly meetings)

Time: 7.30-9pm

Leader: Richard Janes

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

Prep Time: 4-5 hrs per fortnight

Welcome to the second of two courses on the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. Both courses are entitled ‘Encountering Jesus and the Kingdom’. The first course looked at the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. This course deals with the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. This is a 5 Block Course.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Encountering Jesus and the Kingdom (1): A Study Of Mark And Matthew

Course Starting: Monday 25th April 2022 (fortnightly meetings)

Time: 7.45pm for an 8pm start

Leader: Amanda Furlong

Meeting: In person near Colney Heath, St Albans

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

Prep time: 2-3hrs per fortnight

This course deals with the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. It aims to provide information that will help students understand the context of Jesus’ ministry as well as the background to the stories of Jesus given in the New Testament. This is a 5 Block Course.

If you would like to know more about the course go to our level 3 courses. Click Here

Recovering God's Vision: A Study of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah

Course Starting: Wednesday 27th April 2022 TBC

Time: 7.45pm-9.30pm Fortnightly (1st and 3rd Wed of the month)

Leaders: Gareth and Sue Burgess

Meeting: via Zoom

Cost: £50 (Bursaries available)

This the first of two courses which deal with some of the most important prophets of the Old Testament, and we hope that by the end you will have a good knowledge of the contents and teaching (theology) of these books.

This is a 5 Block Course (for more information about the course see Level 3 Courses).