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You walk out of the cinema after seeing the new James Bond, and Daniel Craig is standing there waiting and says, 'Come and talk to me about what you thought about the film'. Wow. I think many of our response would be to immediately say yes and talk with Daniel Craig right?! I don't think we'd respond with 'maybe later Dan, i'm a...

Ivy Fallowfield in Manchester meets next to a large hall of residence and counts a number of students amongst its members. Luke Smith caught up with Anthony Delaney, Leader of Ivy Churches; Nick Duffy, Team Leader at Ivy Fallowfield; and Olli Davis, Ivy’s Student Worker. Tell us a bit about your student work Olli: We meet students where they’re at. We run...

“On the seventh day God finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.” I’m pretty rubbish at resting.  Sometimes it’s because I really love the work that I do. I love connecting with people and making things happen and being a part of what God is doing. Or in my less than healthy times it’s because I think that...

I’m a little bit worried we might throw the baby out with the bath water. Well, not the baby, more the fully grown parent-aged adult out with the bath water… An equally disturbing image. Weird phrase all round come to think about it. But that’s beside the point. As a 26 year old female in church leadership I am smack bang...

Josh, a student from Derby shares some thoughts with us about his starting uni adventure.   How did you find a church at uni?  I used Student Linkup to look at the churches in Derby but I already had one in mind. They put me in contact with a student worker straight away from that church.  How did the first few weeks at uni...

Why not join in with what God is doing for a couple of hours? Club Mission:  Going into your local club, helping people who are feeling unwell, getting people home safe, and being there to chat and pray with people when they need you. Bottle Drop: Standing outside clubs or university halls with 100’s of bottles of water giving them out for FREE. Maybe...

‘Evangelists just make more evangelists.’ It sounded obvious once he said it, but this simple statement from my friend struck me as revelation. It's accepted as obvious that leaders naturally raise up other leaders similar to them. It's a bit of a running joke at church when one of the girls I mentor preaches that she even has the same...