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Miriam Swaffield’s on a road trip. She’s visiting every university location in the UK in a camper van. I’m sat in a coffee shop by the River Tyne in Newcastle. This is the 44th uni location I’ve visited in Benedict the camper van. Only 25 more stops to go and I can’t believe how far we’ve come.  In just over a year...

There's no way to blog this neatly. The account below, sent to me by Emmanuel Church Durham, trips and flows from story to story of prayer, prophecy, breakthrough and rejection, courage and faith. It's kind of like journeying through the start of Acts when the disciples start rocking around in the power of the Holy Spirit seeing stuff happen as...

Living in halls can be great. Living in halls can be lonely. You are surrounded by strangers you didn’t choose to live with and you’re far away from home. For many students, university holidays mean travelling home to familiar surroundings, a break from cheesy pasta and a comfortable bed. Others choose to stay behind. Whether its to pump out extra hours...

“I went into June Project a bit apprehensive about what I was getting myself into, I didn't know the rest of my team on the first day and there seemed to be a lot of chatter about the dreaded first contact! But you know what, God was incredible to me that week, blessing me with a team who loved me...

Adrian has an amazing story to tell about the expansion and growth of the student work at St Paul's, Weston-Super-Mare.  Weston-Super-Mare has a new campus (planted from Bath Spa Uni) that reaches about 600 students, growing each year. Adrian noticed that none of the local churches were doing any outreach to the student on this campus including themselves. St Paul's started with no...

Mo Crawley is a worship leader who has been involved in Bristol Organic Worship, a movement that has had a big impact on the city and its students. What is Bristol Organic Worship? We hold evenings where people can come and focus on spontaneous worship without set songs. A band will just start playing chords and start a rhythm and then if...

‘We only have one undergrad student’ One student – but a church we recently connected with in London is doing brilliantly in their investment and commitment to student mission in their city. This church leader rearranged his weekly schedule and made space to meet up with and mentor their one student, Mike, for about an hour each week. A year later and Mike...