Alpha for ESOL – CD-ROM

 A thorough resource for teaching Alpha to English
language students based on the book “Questions of Life” by Nicky

Gumbel. This resource was developed for Alpha in New Zealand by John
Eccles.

Available only on CD-Rom with Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
files for printing from your computer. Contains over 500 pages of full
teacher’s notes, visual aids, exercises for students, handouts,
suggestions and guidelines.

Multicultural Alpha  (Alpha for ESOL as developed by Kathy Watson)  provides an easy way to discuss some of the most asked questions of life and faith. The course is in English but made more accessible in format and vocabulary. The course consists of a meal, a talk on a topic like prayer, or healing, and time to discuss your thoughts with your fellow guests every 10-15 minutes.  It’s like a stimulating dinner party with new friends.

Topics covered

The course covers the same top 15 frequently asked questions of life and faith as the traditional Alpha course:

• Is there more to life than this?
• Who is Jesus?
• Why did Jesus die?
• How can I be sure of my faith?
• Why and how do I pray?
• Why and how should I read the Bible?
• How does God guide us?
• Who is the Holy Spirit and what does the Holy Spirit do?
• How can I resist evil?
• Why and how should we tell others?
• Does God heal today?
• What about the church?
• How can I make the most of the rest of my life?

Contact the Alpha office, Holy Trinity Brompton, London for furher information.

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 Discipleship Explored: International Student Edition – Coming soon!

Are you looking for discipleship material for international students who have recently become Christians, or follow on material for Christianity Explored or the Visa Course? This new edition of Discipleship Explored is a series of Bible studies in Philippians that can be used with language students, undergraduates and postgraduates. It aims to teach international students to read the Bible for themselves, and to live as Christians both here and back home. We pray that the Discipleship Explored: International Student Edition will be effective in helping disciple international students as they prepare to serve Christ wherever He sends them.

The Leader’s Guide, Study Guide and optional DVD will be widely available online and in Christian bookshops from 10 October. Some pre-launch copies will be available directly from The Good Book Company from 7 September. You can pre-order by calling 0845 225 0880 or visit The Good Book Company website for more details.

What is the Visa Course?

Each year free courses are run by people from local churches which explain the Christian faith. This is an opportunity to find out more about Christianity and the Bible and is open to students of every nationality or religious background.

A visa in your passport gives you access to another place.  It allows you to go into a country, to look around, to observe the culture and the way people do things, to meet the people, to ask questions and to understand the language.  It gives you an opportunity to find out for yourself about the place you are visiting.

Likewise, the Visa course is designed to help you begin to understand the Christian faith and the Bible.  It is an opportunity for you to listen, to discuss and to ask questions in a relaxed atmosphere.  Over the eight week course we will look at what Christians believe, and study some passages from the Bible.

Who is it for?

The Visa course is for any student who wants to find out more about what Christians believe, and about the Bible.  It is a course written specially for those whose first language is not English.  It doesn’t matter what religion or nationality you are – anyone is welcome to join us.

What exactly will we study?

Each week we look at a different subject connected to the Bible.  Typically, we start each evening with tea and coffee, and time for chatting together.  We then spend about one hour studying our subject for the evening, which usually includes reading the Bible, some group discussion, and time for any questions.