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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...

Joining the leadership team of Open Heaven Church, and taking on the leadership of our 18-30’s expression (OH1) a couple of years ago led me to begin thinking far more deeply about church than I had before. I started to think about why we do what we do and how to do what God wants us to do. It’s important for...

Isn’t it funny how a vote, the symbol of democracy and freedom, is so often turned into a threat? Having worked in an MP’s office I can tell you that so many of the emails and letters MPs get are about one specific issue and end with a threat: “your view on this topic will decide my vote.” Often this...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful Northern Irish girl called Gemma. She decided to travel all the way to Wales to study at Swansea University. Along the way during her uni years she struggled to find a church and her faith was slowly pushed to the side lines of life, until it wasn’t a part of who Gemma was...

Esther Kovoor, 20, is a Worship Intern at her local church, Christ Church Clifton, in Bristol. How did you get involved in leading worship? When I was 15 I sang in a talent show in my church youth group. I then started singing in the worship band and later on leading worship. It’s been amazing how God has taken something I was...

The adventure that is Escape and Pray is gathering momentum, over 20 teams booked so far and about 72 people are being sent (where have we heard that before?). To help prepare people we have come up will 10 commandments to help keep us safe and centred on Christ before and during the adventure. 1.    Pause God knows where you are going and...