All our new students have arrived and kicked off to a GREAT start.  On the first weekend its a combination of settling in, getting to know each other and the staff, going to church, having a tour of the local district and basically catching breath before lectures start on Monday. Our prayer is that all our students will enjoy the best experience of their life and be transformed more into the likeness of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Here’s some pictures of the students during these early days:

Blessings and have a great day!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

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Hi there, friends of i58!

When it comes to Grad dinner it is a great excuse for the students to dress up!  They all looked terrific!!  Here are some of the photos – some serious and some not so serious – but all one big family!

Lots and lots of smiles!  Thank You Jesus!

HAVE  A GREAT WEEK!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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Here at Bible School we love having shared experiences and even building mini-traditions during our time together.  One such tradition was always watching ‘Man verses Wild’ on a Monday night after lectures.  Then suddenly, the series stopped and we all were still hungry for more!!  We watched episodes from a DVD, then had to admit it was the end of the road  BUT a new series has just begun so we had a packed  to watch our favourite adventurer!

‘Bear’ said that when the going gets tough he always thinks of the 3 Fs – Family, Faith and Friends.  A living faith is essential for life and that’s what we all focus on here at Capernwray.  Its also here where young people come to find friends and during their time find family.

‘Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.’  1 Corinthians 12:27

‘through faith (you) are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.        1 Peter 1:5

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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Couldn’t resist posting these shots of the most amazing rainbow that we saw on our property just a few days ago!

It was interesting that one of our friends, Zac, who had just driven over in his new car that he is learning to drive in, almost had the end of the rainbow rest on the car!!

These rainbows are beautiful reminders of God’s promise to us, as it says in Genesis 9:13

‘I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.’

We love to see God’s reminder of His faithfulness to us.

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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Family breakfast!  We have so many breakfasts together, but this is one that we share together in our family groups.  The leaders make this as special as possible for the students – we love to serve them and spoil them at times like these.

We prepared the menu to delight the taste buds!  Croissant with ham and cheese, followed by muesli, yogurt, fresh fruit salad, with juice or coffee and sour dough toast with real butter and home made jams!

We then went inside and for all those who wanted to indulge more (!) we had the Woodsey special hot chocolate!!

We then reflected on the most amazing five months and shared our favourite moments and highlighted some of the things that God had taught us.

We then prayed for each other and then set off for the last lecture – Capernwray Blues – to prepare everyone for the grieving process that would eventually hit.  Its not easy to say goodbye to people we have had such tight friendships with over the past five months. But change happens and we must prepare our hearts for the new challenges ahead that Christ has prepared in advance for us.

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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Well, at the end of every semester we arrange a Big Day Out as a treat for the students.  Usually, at the end of the second semester we always go to the beach, but the surprise is which one!!  This year we went to Austinmer and it was amazing!  Here are some pictures:

And here are some pictures of us flying a kite!

This was a day that we were able to chill!  We went for a walk along the beach, a swim in the ocean, (although it hadn’t quite warmed up yet!!), had a coffee, flew a kite and just loved it!  Then it was fish’n chips for lunch and then time to chill once again before heading back to school!

What a fitting way to end our time together!  But it doesn’t stop there!!!  Still the Grad Dinner and the Grad Service!!

We all thank God for what He has done in the lives of everyone here in the Capernwray community.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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Here at Capernwray Torchbearers Australia we have great family times.  The student body and staff are divided into families and each week we have set times to pray together, have fun together and present Bible Studies to each other.  As we learn and grow together we share much of God’s love in how we inter-relate.  These are beautiful times; for some students they are giving out all the time, and for others they are enjoying something that perhaps they missed out on.  God is so good – we all benefit.

Here are some photos of one of our families having a night out – bowling!

Paulina getting her balance right before a strike!

Emma having fun as she scores her highest score at bowling – ever!!

John and John, both from Canada, competing for the prize!  John won!

We learn what it means to love one another as with do life together at Capermwray.  The end result is friends for life!  All glory to God for this beautiful gift of fellowship!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

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Well, we’ve had a run of what the guys get up to at Capernwray and now its the turn of the girls!  And what pictures and stories do we have for you!  The girls have so much fun at Capernwray, they love their times together and the love their times with the guys. In all, they learn what it is to be a woman of God.

Early morning swims

Deanna, Ali and Anna having a special time!

The girls being creative!

The girls having a special breakfast where they revealed their ‘secret sister’ to each other!

What’s better than a horse ride after Sunday lunch!  Anna at Chris and Jade’s place.

Deanna taking revenge on a poor tomato!

Girls picking strawberries – yum, yum!

And this is just a glimpse of what the girls are involved in here at Capernwray.  Most of all as they share life together with each other they are sharing Jesus with each other too.  Beautiful!

Hope you may be inspired!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

Dean of Students

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It seems as though the guys are the only ones taking pictures!  I do chase the girls for stories and photos, but they don’t always have them – hopefully, later on there’ll be a post on the last girls’ breakfast!

So, as you can imagine it was a pretty mega meal!  Eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, tomato, potato, toast, with juice and coffee to finish!  And all the staff treated the guys, so we got everything ready and cleared everything away.  Our students had a sleep in and were served in style!  Net result – delicious!!!

Over coffee I spoke to everyone.  It was a message about PASSING IT ON.  We have all learnt so much in our six months or a year at Capernwray and the purpose is not to become more learned, but to know the heart of Jesus and be in His will.  As we have learnt He wants to heal a broken world, He wants to lead people from a place of darkness into the Light, He wants us to make disciples.

Jesus will use us – this is an honour and a privilege.  We do not want to get off track but do His will and give Him all the glory!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

STEVE aka WOODSEY

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Well what a weekend we’ve just had!  Being the penultimate weekend in the semester the guys and girls split up to have some final bonding times.  We were originally going camping, but after a week of rain we thought we’d kick off with a movie night.  So all the blokes came down to my place and we began to watch the Bourne trilogy!

With lots of ‘munchies’ on hand we began to enjoy the movie.  A little while later Sally, our hostess came by with the most amazing chocolate cake – made especially for us!

After a good night’s sleep we all met up for a cooked breakfast down at my place – simply egg on toast as we knew what was coming later!

Then at 4.00pm we met up to prepare for our evening of Men ‘n Meat!  Tim, our cook, had marinated neck of pork, lamb, home made sausages, and two chickens.  We used the spit-roast and the Webber and what a sensation we caused for our taste buds!!!

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