Dec 19th 2011 -
We speak out when we reach the edge of our toleration. We stay silent when we are within the realm of comfort. Every now and then, it is worth checking where that boundary is and if it’s moved, asking why. Simply put, how much do you tolerate? A friend of mine recently told me that they had “friends with benefits”. These are...
Dec 17th 2011 -
Our Guest Blogger this week is Student Worker Matt Lewis, who reflects on what the local churches in Guildford did at the start of this term to connect students into church. Steal their ideas...get off to a flying start... I don't know about you, but Freshers often looms in the void of summer (at least in student work it feels...
Dec 16th 2011 -
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vHCU9z6eQ 560x315] Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way! Holidays are coming and the team is very excited about a Christmas of fun, laughs and food. This Christmas is particularly fun for the Tearfund Youth and EmGen team, who have some new members of the group. For me, it has been an absolute privilege to be part of a team who firmly...
Dec 14th 2011 -
Is youth group enough? I read a provocative blog by Matthew DePrez today about the difference between multi-generational and inter-generational churches. He challenged us to consider whether our church has inter-relational generations or those that just move around the same room with no interaction. For student churches its an age old question – how do we connect students with the wider family?...
Dec 13th 2011 -
This New Year’s Eve we will no longer be off our faces, but on our faces, for Jesus, because of Jesus. How many New Year’s Eve gatherings have you been to that have started the next year as you meant it to go on? Were you really hoping that 2011 would be charaterised by emotional drunk friends in a mess? Was...
Dec 12th 2011 -
I was inspired and encouraged to see Adam Roseblade's recent stunt. It is a great story and he has written up for us to read here. Adam is student worker at Kings Church in Portsmouth. “Love makes fools of us all” – This was the challenging idea that seemed to become lodged in my mind as the Holy Spirit began to...
Dec 8th 2011 -
“The old way doesn’t cut it anymore. One-off events are not enough. We are living in the age of the overflow effect...” I was sat at the front of the room about to get up to open the Fusion Equipping Day with a talk on how sharing Jesus (“evangelism”) is an overflow effect. That is, those who know Jesus are so...
