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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...

When I was 19 I moved out of my house and into a house that my mum owned. I felt like I had finally grown up- I had my own house and could play by my own rules. I was an adult- Only I wasn't. My mum owned the house, and at the weekends she picked up my washing and dropped...

Bang! 6pm September 1st! The football transfer window just closed. Players are stuck at their clubs until January when the transfer market re opens.  Fans dreamt of that big transfer, players craved that move, clubs are happy they kept their best players whilst managers wished they worked a bit faster! The time for football players has finished, but you can...

If thousands of starfish were washed up and stranded on a beach, throwing one back into the ocean would seem futile wouldn't it? ...except for the life of that one starfish.  If thousands of people went missing from churches throughout the country you'd think we'd notice right? Except we don't. They slip through the net never to be seen again, missing in...

Over these past few weeks I have been working on the Fusion stand in the Toolshed at Soul Survivor B and C with an incredible team of volunteers, linking up young people to the Student Linkup app in order to find a church before they head off to uni. We also sell the Student Linkup box to prepare them for uni...

"The gift of the gab"; not everyone posseses it, but for those upon whom this shiny, slightly cockney-sounding ability has been bestowed, we must just accept they are likely to get stuff for cheap or for free...a bonus this, an extra that.  Blagging things can feel a bit like a sport. She who dares, wins, so why not just push the...