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Before joining the HTL (Holy Trinity Leicester) community my life felt like it was spiraling downwards. The last year has been the most incredible, topsy-turvy journey that I’ve ever been on. Not only have I been completely transformed, I have made friends that I know will be there for life. Weekends away, cell groups, Alpha course and lots of ‘pubbing’; at...

A roasting hot, sweaty, packed room full of freshers normally means one thing. Freshers fair. Today 6 church leaders from different churches around York joined forces to run Student Linkup stand at York St John’s freshers fair to help students find churches. Our prayer at the beginning of the day was that the stand would be a place of peace and...

Big dreams and dream bogs Jess, Bridget and Emily are ambitious. Along with their friends they have high hopes for their future. But for one of them, there’s an obstacle between the young woman being able to fulfill her dream: a toilet. Bridget lives in the Rukungiri District of Uganda. All too often in developing countries like Uganda, girls like her drop...

Since 2002 I’ve been inspired by Fusion to see a move of God in the unis and take risks to break new ground.  My vision expanded to plant a church in Manchester (Ivy Fallowfield) to reach students where they lived. We developed from a community of students and graduates I journeyed with over years to establish a church reaching out to students...

Setting off for uni can feel like venturing out into the wild, whether it’s for the first time or the third. The big wide unknown. The wild of uni can be bursting with new adventures, or teeming with strange new creatures. It can be a jungle of temptations, or even a scary, lonely mountain-climb... How do you prepare for that? What on earth do you pack to walk into...

Two years ago, I was that student worker. So terrified of being pushy with freshers that I practically pushed them away from our church. Cautious. Apologetic. In September 2013 I was at the Student Work Conference in a session that the lovely Pippa Elmes did on connecting with freshers. It felt like she almost called me out by name, actually quoting word for word some...

A Student Worker's September TO DO list: 2nd, 3rd & 4th year students returning- welcome back party? - Prep your current students for new students arriving. Time to step up and show them what it means to live as a Christian in uni. When you walk into church, don’t just catch up with your mates but welcome new students and make them...