Ane Ponifasio and Dolly Kirubakaran from LifeChurch, along with Joy Fountain from Eden Church in Auckland, are together studying part-time as a cohort toward the Level 6 Diploma in Christian Studies (Christian Leadership) through Pathways Bible College.
On Friday last week, they gathered for a block course day in Auckland, facilitated by Richard Goodwin (from Raleigh Street Christian Centre).
These students are now in their second year of this part-time course and are so thankful for the opportunity to study, with immediate and tangible application into their different roles in their churches.
From left to right: Ane, Dolly (rear), Joy (front), and Richard.
Dolly says, “Every paper last year turned out, in God’s grace, to be on something that I needed at that particular time. And we are provided with so many excellent resources, which we can continue to use into the future too”.
Joy said she is “absolutely loving” the course, particularly as doing it in a cohort of like-minded women serving in churches together makes it “very relational and very practical”.
These three students are very grateful for the scholarship gifts offered by Lichfield Lands toward their fees. They all agreed that it meant a very great deal to them to know that members of the Trust were willing to invest into them as they study and serve.
