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This is the second part of a blog series on how to welcome international students. If you missed the first one, click below to read the first part. READ Part - 1  In the last blog, I wrote about the importance of reaching International students and what could be possible if we reach them. In this blog, I’m sharing some top stories and practical...

A freezing cold January morning in a sleepy Norfolk market town seems like an unlikely setting for a Formula One Grand Prix, and yet, one engine would be pushed to the limit that day.  I was with my fellow church ministry interns, and as part of our Friday off-site activities, we had been dispatched to a nearby town to engage in...

Before you get stuck into reading this blog I’d love you to pause and have a think about the best gift that you have been given that’s made a long term difference to your life. For example, the best gift to myself, from myself this year was a waterproof puffa jacket. We were heading into the tier system of lockdown and...

As a student worker I would normally see the summer as time to recharge, rethink and rest. But how do we navigate a summer when Zoom has made online connections easier and we may not see the usual mass exodus of students from our cities?  The life of Jesus was full of distractions, people all around him were competing for his...

I was on campus a few weeks ago with some friends, offering to share the Gospel and pray with students. One student asked me, ‘So, what’s the goal of this afternoon? What are you trying to achieve?’. I loved the question. It’s one I’ve been asking myself for the last 5 months. You might be thinking it’s a fairly simple question....

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field…”* Summer is often the time we finish with the academic year and get ready to rest, plan and prepare well for September. So, we put a pause on student mission and outreach. But then if you are...

Everything is about to double up. This academic year has been so strange for so many students. Many feel robbed on their freshers' year. They haven't had a chance to get out, socialise and meet people. They haven't even been at uni physically for much of the year. They are going to be making up for it this autumn and joining the new...