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Preaching Old Testament History: 1 Samuel

Practical Instruction - Persuasive Preaching - Small Group Practice

May 29-31, 2025 | Montreal, Quebec
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What Is It?

The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God.

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The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God. The Workshop includes times set aside for 1) Principles of Exposition (instructional sessions on how to better handle biblical texts), 2) Small Group Practice (when you will share and receive feedback on two passages you prepare in advance), and 3) Expositions (the opportunity to sit under the word). Each of these sessions is carefully designed to be interrelated for the greatest value in improving your work. In other words, this is a Workshop and not a conference. If you cannot be at all the sessions, then it really isn’t for you.

It is important to note: Partial participation is not permitted. Our pedagogical commitments in the small group sessions as well as the cumulative relationship between the small group and plenary sessions, full participation is required. Extenuating circumstances should be discussed with the Charles Simeon Trust and exceptions will be granted very rarely.

Who Should Attend?

The Workshops on Biblical Exposition are for men who are responsible for regularly preaching and teaching. We also welcome those in bi-vocational ministries as well as those training for ministry.

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The Workshops on Biblical Exposition are for men who are responsible for regularly preaching and teaching. We also welcome those in bi-vocational ministries as well as those training for ministry. We also have Workshops for women who are responsible for teaching women.

Given our understanding of Scripture, most of our Workshops on Biblical Exposition are for men who are responsible for regularly opening up God’s Word for God’s people. Specifically, they are for those men currently in pastoral ministry and, as such, are responsible for preaching and teaching God’s Word in congregational settings. Though vocational preaching pastors are our priority, the Workshops are open to those in general teaching ministry: including some lay-preachers, teaching Elders, seminary students or professors, teaching missionaries, and those serving in similar roles. Again, our priority is those who regularly preach or teach from God’s Word.

I noticed you just said “men.” What if I am a woman?
We are fully committed to training women for ministry through our Workshops on Biblical Exposition for women. But we also have theological commitments as to what that means. The Charles Simeon Trust adheres to a position on church leadership that is often identified as “complementarian.” While we do not support the ordination of women for pulpit ministry, we do believe that women are called to teaching ministry for women in biblically appropriate settings and should be trained for it as such. It is our conviction that the Church in North America has been particularly slow in this kind of training effort, and as such, we need to do a better job of training women. Women need to be equipped for this task. While the local church should and will do much of this work, we believe that we can support the church in further enabling women. As such, we have established Workshops on Biblical Exposition for women in ministry. We believe that women who are working in ministry in churches need encouragement in their ministry and hope that, by encouraging women to participate in the Workshop for women in ministry, we can also establish a base for fellowship and encouragement. Knowing this, women who wish to attend a Workshop on Biblical Exposition, regardless of where they identify themselves on an egalitarian-complementarian spectrum, are welcome to participate in a Workshop for women in ministry. It is designed for women who are currently in a teaching ministry with the responsibility to teach the Bible regularly. It is open to women who lead in regular teaching ministries including large group instructors, small group teachers, and women’s and children’s ministry leaders appointed by their churches. Women who are interested in this Workshop or have questions about our position or philosophy on this matter are encouraged to contact the Director of Women’s Workshops, Colleen McFadden (cmcfadden@simeontrust.org).

How Should I Prepare?

During the small groups, you will have an opportunity to get feedback on work you’ve prepared in advance.

 

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Leaders

COOK Curtis Cook Senior Pastor, Hope Fellowship Church

Curtis Cook

Senior Pastor, Hope Fellowship Church

Curtis Cook is the Senior Pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He earned a B.S. from Oklahoma State University and an MDiv from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

HACKMANN Kyle Hackmann Pastor, Christ Church Toronto

Kyle Hackmann

Pastor, Christ Church Toronto

Kyle serves as Pastor of Christ Church Toronto in Toronto, Ontario. Kyle earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife have ministry experience in Chicago, Leipzig, and St. Louis, before moving to Toronto in 2010 to join Grace Toronto Church in their mission of seeing churches planted throughout Toronto. Kyle served as the Associate Pastor of Grace Toronto for seven years before planting Christ Church Toronto in 2017.

COTNOIR Nicholas Cotnoir Pastor, Église Baptiste Évangélique Emmanuel

Nicholas Cotnoir

Pastor, Église Baptiste Évangélique Emmanuel

Nick serves as an Elder Pastor of Église Baptiste Évangélique Emmanuel in Pierrefonds. After earning a BA in mechanical engineering and working in the secular world for several years, he completed his undergraduate theology degree at Séminaire Baptiste Évangelique Du Québec (SEMBEQ), he earned a DMin in Expository Preaching from the Master’s Seminary while transitioning into full-time pastoral work. In addition to being the main Bible teacher at Emmanuel, he also teaches Pastoral Theology at SEMBEQ and coaches several students, including many from his church.

Église Baptiste Évangélique Emmanuel
Schedule

5pm-9pm, Thursday, May 29
8:30am – 6pm, Friday, May 30
8:30am – 2:45pm, Saturday, May 31

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:

1 Samuel 1:1-20 1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 1 Samuel 20
1 Samuel 8 1 Samuel 22
1 Samuel 15:1-23 1 Samuel 28

$179 CAD before April 21
$209 CAD after April 21
Lunch and refreshments are provided each day at no cost.

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