KINGDOM COME
European Student Festival • 16-21 AUGUST 2025
A summer break that could change your life!
We’re excited to invite you to Kingdom Come – six days in beautiful Latvia that could change your life – and your friends’ lives too!
🧡 Make new friends from 40 European countries
🧡 Experience multinational worship and inspirational teaching
🧡 Enjoy sports, art, music, dance, food and beach life
🧡 Discover God’s purposes for you and your university
ABOUT KINGDOM COME
Do you sometimes feel that your student life and your walk with God are two different things?
Would you enjoy a fun summer break getting to know other young people from around Europe who also love Jesus?
Would you love to feel more confident sharing your faith with your friends?
The IFES European Student Festival 2025 is for you!
Join us from 16 to 21 August in Jelgava, Latvia for an international student gathering like no other.
Whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert, you can create an itinerary that suits you. From excellent Bible teaching, small groups, seminars and workshops to the many opportunities to express yourself creatively, or on the sports field or at the beach – this is a summer break you’ll not want to miss!
WHOSE KINGDOM?
If you’re under 30, you’ve been living through some of the most testing times that young people have ever had to face. In an insecure world, where do you find security? Amid hardship, where do you find hope? In an online environment that stretches your resolve, how do you find strength? When leaders fail, in whom can we put our trust? As Christians we look to Someone who promises a new kind of leadership.
At Kingdom Come you’ll encounter Jesus the king and discover the security and purpose that comes from trusting in him and following his ways. And you’ll find new and authentic ways to share this new life with those you love.
Our Kingdom Come main stage speakers – acclaimed Bible teachers Jared Michelson and Laura Gallacher – will take us deeper into the Gospel of Matthew, to discover Jesus as king.
Through enlightening Bible teaching and in the safe space of small groups, you’ll explore what that means. For you as an individual, for your role in the national student movement you belong to and in the place where God has called you to live out this new reality.
EXPECT TO MEET WITH GOD AND BE CHANGED
This reimagined student conference promises to be just as impactful as previous IFES events.
God spoke so much to me! I felt him speaking to me through every sermon, every seminar, every person I talked to. I can see very clearly that God brought me here to hear him.
Student from Israel
It was amazing to experience a connection with other students as we prayed together in different languages. And it was amazing to see how big IFES is — to realise that we are involved in a huge international project.
Student from Italy
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The day will consist of morning and evening sessions full of impactful teaching and worship while the afternoons are your own to craft from seminars and workshops to fun activities and rest. One of the days will be dedicated to an outreach in the city.
Some of the seminar topics include:
- Practical discipleship
- Impact through servant leadership
- Inner healing and prayer
- Gospel in the digital age
- Seeker Bible Study
- Sharing the Gospel with your friends
- The reliability of Scriptures
- Creation Care & Environment
- Sexuality & Identity
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Jared Michelson is a respected scholar at the world class University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he holds both teaching and ministry responsibilities.
Laura Gallacher supports the postgraduate community at a large evangelical church in Oxford. She also serves the wider church as a Bible teacher, preacher and trainer. She has also worked as a teacher and in undergraduate ministry, having studied both English literature and theology.
More speakers and seminars to be announced soon!
THE PRACTICAL STUFF
We are excited to welcome you to Kingdom Come – the IFES European Student Festival 2025!
HOW TO REGISTER
Our registration form includes everything we need to know to make the festival a great place for you. Remember to come back to registration page to pay and secure your spot. Participation fee includes registration, accommodation and meals for the duration of the festival.
SIGN UP NOW for the best price!
Standard price – register and pay by 15 June.
- € 229 – Camping (dedicated site near the arena – bring your own tent, mattress and bedding)
- € 259 – School (mattress space, shared bathroom – bring your own mattress and bedding; some mattresses available for hire)
- € 309 – Dormitory (2-4 people per room with shared bathroom).
Last Minute price – register and pay by 15 July.
- € 259 – Camping
- € 289 – School
- € 339 – Dormitory
Questions about accommodation or registration? Contact us.
Can’t afford to pay?
Could you/your movement raise sponsorship to invest in this opportunity to grow in discipleship and ministry?
A limited number of scholarships are available for students in need via registration form. Available till 15 June or until they run out – apply as soon as possible!
Cancellation policy
Registration deposit of €50 is non-refundable. Cancel your registration until 15 July and get a refund for the rest of the fee. No refunds available after that.
GETTING THERE
Arrive in time for the opening session at 19:00 EET (18:00 CET) Saturday, 16 August 2025.
Main program and registration location: Zemgales Olimpiskais centrs (Kronvalda street 24, Jelgava, LV-3004)
Depart Friday, 22 August (closing session is on Thursday evening).
- By plane via RIGA International Airport (RIX), then take bus no. 22 to Riga Central Station or Riga Bus Station.
- By train via Riga Central Station.
- By bus via Riga Bus Station.
Jelgava is just over 40 kilometres from Riga and takes 45 minutes by train, or 55 minutes by bus.
HELP US MAKE GOD’S ‘KINGDOM COME’!
Pray, give, volunteer
Help us make this conference a wonderful experience for everyone! There are lots of ways you can help us extend God’s kingdom to hundreds of students from all over Europe, in Latvia this summer.
Pray with us
Prayer goes before everything we do and we’d love you to partner with us in praying for this event.
Help us keep costs down
We don’t want a lack of money to stop any student from being renewed and equipped for student ministry. To keep costs down and to help pay for scholarships we are grateful for donations.
Volunteer
Could you use your gifts and your time to help make this event a real success? We need people to get involved with all aspects of the festival.
- Music, arts, sports
- Technical support
- Translators (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.)
- Security and order
- Setting up and clearing up
- And much more!