Thousands of students will be driving home for Christmas next week after their first term at uni. They’ll be coming back home expectant to be filled with mince pies, bobbing along to Stop the Calvary and sporting their tackiest Christmas jumper. But it can be a tricky time for students returning home after their first term and fitting back into church life. 

I asked a bunch of youth/student workers what their top tips would be for other youth workers who have students coming home for Christmas. Here’s what they had to say. 

Also, I'm not sure if you have planned your Christmas youth events fully yet, but we have three spoken word Christmas videos you might find useful.

Miriam Swaffield wrote these about the shepherds, the wise men and baby Jesus. They are brilliant so we have recorded them here and I thought you might want to use them in your services or youth events you've got planned.

Use them yourself, share them with your mates, go mad!