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Today's blog is written by Ben Welby, who was involved in the early days of Fusion when he was a student. Now he has a job he is still passionate about graduating well.  Last month Luke Smith tweeted about his recent blog post by asking the question ‘does God call people into ‘normal’ jobs?’ The answer’s obvious, right? Or perhaps our experience tells...

 Our wonderful guest blogger Rev. Richard Pennystan, vicar at St Chad's in Romiley, has had some brilliant thoughts this summer for starting the new Uni year. We reckon this is very apt for this moment in time... After some great dad & daughter time on the journey to Uni, Naomi’s dad takes her out for a fantastic lunch, helps carry her...

I absolutely love this video from Matt Woodcock. He is the curate at Holy Trinity Hull. It is very funny and is a good example of a church leader just saying it how it is. He says what the church can offer and what it can't. Take a minute to watch it and be inspired. As individuals or churches, it's...

We are part of a world that tells us we need stuff. We need to be the fastest, best, most cool, up-to-date and happy. Without stuff our lives are sure to be more difficult, frustratingly slow and ultimately less meaningful. We are the generation of fast fashion, fast food and fast broadband. We have been convinced by a society that buys a...

In the middle of my old notebook, I rediscovered the words I had written about hundreds of students who I had never met, only seen, in a captured image.  The faces I saw were of the young people who had used studentlinkup in the summer of 2011. As they connected with Fusion we had snapped a Polaroid of them, and months later, our...

All Fusion Connection Churches have access to a list of school leavers coming to their town to study via the Student Linkup service.   This list is live and details are added to it as school leavers Linkup. Student Linkup connects school leavers with churches in their university towns.  It gives churches the opportunity to make the first move in connecting with...

All Fusion Connection Churches have access to a list of school leavers coming to their town to study via the Student Linkup service.  This list is live and details are added to it as people Linkup. It is vital that this list is used appropriately, with respect for the individuals who have passed on their contact information. Student Linkup is a service...