In our Foundations Programme students can attend any of the 4 courses offered over the year. These run on Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm.
These inspirational courses are also open to any casual students and professional development.
Where & When
Emmaus Foundations courses are held on Thursdays, 9.30am – 12.30pm at Cornerstone Christian School, L Block, 91 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North. Each course has one final written assignment and there are no exams.
This course introduces students to a number of different approaches to reading the Bible as one big story. By engaging with the best contemporary thinking on biblical interpretation, students will be equipped to critically reflect upon their own lives and ministry practice in light of their place within God’s Story.
Along the way, students will explore the backstory to the Bible, learning about how it came to be, in order to gain a greater appreciation for the Christian tradition of seeking God’s voice through reading and applying scripture.
Orientation Day Thursday 13 February 9.30am to 12.30pm.
8 week course on Thursday mornings 9.30am - 12.30pm.
$300 Earlybird (Paid by Friday 31 January 5pm) $350 standard fee
This course is rated “M” for maturity, because it’s all about growing up in God. Followers of Jesus are called to ‘grow up into his full stature’ – but what does that mean? How does it happen?
This course will take us deeper into relationship with God, where we learn of him, about ourselves, and so about living as mature people of God. We’ll practice some of the ancient and new disciplines that God’s Spirit uses to mature us. And we’ll let God loose in our lives again to shape us as his children. Get growing!
8 week Course on Thursday 9.30am - 12.30 pm.
$300 Earlybird (Paid by Friday 2 May 5pm) $350 standard fee
This course introduces the main areas of Christian theology - what we understand about God and His ways with humanity - and includes a brief discussion of theological method (how we do theology).
Using the Apostles Creed, the course will introduce the theology of God, Christology, theology of the Holy Spirit (pneumatology), theology of the church (ecclesiology), and theology of salvation (soteriology) and the end times (eschatology).
8 week Course on Thursday mornings 9.30am - 12.30pm.
$300 Earlybird (Paid by Friday 18 July 5pm) $350 standard fee
Join us to open 2025 with Praise and Prayer.