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Rebecca Glover works for Youth for Christ as their digital comms coordinator. She's recently published a booklet with Grove about engaging emerging adults in church, which discusses authenticity, community, serving, attraction, and intentionality. We asked Rebecca to write a blog about the key findings of the research and how you can find out more... At nineteen years old I felt like I...

We are right in the middle of this Christmas season, less than a week from Christmas day, the joy of giving presents and receiving them, family gatherings, eating together, lots of fun for some and painful for others - this season will always leave some overjoyed and others weary. Whether you are a student heading back home or a student worker...

AT FUSION, WE LOVE HEARING STORIES OF HOW GOD IS MOVING ACROSS UNIVERSITIES AND HOW CHURCHES ARE WELCOMING FRESHERS INTO THEIR CHURCH COMMUNITIES.  Helen is a student worker at her church in Leeds. The church is dedicated to reaching students with no background in Christian culture. They love to engage with students who have never explored faith but would like to...

Lights are twinkling, mulled wine is brewing and carolers are singing. Christmas is a joyful time for many with the exchange of gifts, yummy roast dinners and the cheesy hallmark Christmas movies on TV. All these things are lovely additions to the Christmas season, but we know that Jesus is the reason for the season. It is centred on the...

If you walk into an Anglican church right now, your retinas would be instantly presented with the colour purple.  In certain Christian traditions, colour means an awful lot. At different times of year, churches are adorned with red, blue, white, green, gold, and at this time of year - purple.  The concept behind “liturgical colours” is to generate a specific mood or...

  At Fusion, we love hearing stories of how God is moving across universities and how churches are welcoming freshers into their church communities.   “My favourite thing has been finding a church”. Imagine if this was the testimony of every fresher all over the UK. In October, we hosted a variety of training days for students and student workers. We welcomed students such as Abigail who...

PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART FOR STUDENTS? You know what? The moment I get asked that question, I freeze and struggle to share what's on my heart - Not because I don’t have anything to say, but because I have too much to say. For me, student mission is a lifestyle that has to be done both in...