Jul 3rd 2014 -
Today I Skyped with a new student worker, Simon, about preparing for next (academic) year. It was great to explore starting from scratch but I realised, as we spoke, that what we discussed is healthy for any student worker to consider in preparation for doing next year well... With whom will you...share your experience Local church student work is still a reasonably new endeavour and some can...
Jul 1st 2014 -
Hiraeth is a Welsh word. It is so distinctly Welsh that it cannot be translated into English. Its meaning is along the lines of passion, a longing, an earnest desire for Wales. Moving away to uni caused me to realise two things; ONE...how much my heart ached for Wales. I loved living in England for three years but I awoke to a passion for Wales,...
Jun 30th 2014 -
Benjamin Franklin said “by failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.” If someone is being baptised, we prepare them. If a couple are getting married, we prepare them. If a group are going on mission, we prepare them. If a young person is going to uni, we prepare them. If we fail to prepare people for any significant life stage or experience, it has...
Jun 27th 2014 -
Imagine if I told you that a perpetrator of mass injustice was roaming freely across the globe – forcing people to flee their homes, taking food from the tables of starving families, spreading infectious diseases. We wouldn't stand for it - as human beings, we’re programmed to hate injustice. Petitions would be drafted, MPs bombarded with emails, Will Young would write...
Jun 23rd 2014 -
Its easy to plan lots of exciting, exhausting events for freshers week and get to the end wondering if they were the right ones to do. Here are 2 questions to ask yourself and your team to help you think through what you’re planning for freshers week 2014. (For a basic checklist of freshers week prep see here) Remember, ultimately, its all...
Jun 22nd 2014 -
Would you like to join the Fusion team? It is a fantastic time to do so. Over the last 7 years, the number of churches that are connected to Fusion has grown enormously. It has increased by 633% to 950 churches. We receive a few new connection churches most weeks and we have found that phoning, emailing and writing to all...
Jun 19th 2014 -
Nearly three years ago I was wandering aimlessly around the different stands at a summer festival, hot chocolate mountain in hand, when a voice from a bright orange stand beckoned me over… ‘are you starting uni this year?’. Studying at York St John University has been by far the best and most challenging three years of my life so far. I’ve...
