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I started an Advent calendar with my 4 year old. He was excited to eat chocolate; I was excited to share the Christmas story. The first day included a verse with the words Christ, Lord and Saviour. I thought, “Time to translate for a 4 year old.” I said we need a King to love us and lead us and rescue us. Boom!...

So term one of uni is done, Christmas is approaching and you’ve packed up to head home for some festive cheer.  First term is a whirlwind but we hope you found and settled in a church that you love. Now is the time to message your student worker and let them now how your first term has been and if you haven’t already, commit to the church you...

The Advent season is one of waiting. Not a passive waiting, but a waiting that summons the whole body to be awake and alert. A waiting that causes adrenaline to course through our veins and the heart to pound like a bass drum. A waiting that means we struggle to sit still. A waiting that demands we dance to a...

Tim loves life, loves a good prank, is really good at all things computery and designs ace websites. He also likes to pretend he's welsh. Check out his story... “So Tim, where have you been” asked Hannah, my first year flatmate on the second Sunday in Freshers. “Ummmm, nowhere” I replied, with a tone of voice that instantly said I was hiding something. Immediately, Hannah...

Guest blog from Robin Nelson, student intern at Central, Edinburgh Joseph Bazalgette is my hero. He changed the world and you could have lived never knowing that he did it. Chances are, you’ve never heard of him, yet he’s saved more lives than almost any historical figure. He was a radical for his times who faced much opposition and frustration from the...

As part of my work, I meet youth workers and talk about how they can prepare young people for University. Often youth workers and I talk about our ideas for what young people need, but one youth worker Mark Hand, from Northern Ireland, asked his young people what they want in preparation for uni. Here is what they said... Michelle: ‘I think it's...

This term has been an exciting one at St Luke’s as we step into a new season of outreach and mission. We are blessed to be located very close to two of Newcastle University’s biggest student halls.  As a student leader I felt strongly this term that we need to make more of this opportunity; to show students living there...