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As we celebrate women across the world today, we want to share some golden nuggets of wisdom from some wise women we know. With a breadth of experience behind them, we asked these women, “what advice would you give to your student self?”. Here are their responses.   “If you ever think you’ve made such a big mistake you don’t deserve God’s...

Over the past few years I have recognised the hold my phone has over me and impacts the amount of time I spend with God. So every year I delete all social media apps and give it up for 40 days. However one year I was having a bad day and redownload the app and told myself I would delete...

When Sarah's church outgrew their meeting space, it was time to find a new place to worship. Moving towards the North of Liverpool, Sarah found herself just 10 minutes away from a university. Met with a group of students they had never had the opportunity to connect with before, Sarah and her church began to pray.  “We’ve seen our student group...

“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people”  Gilbert Keith G. K. Chesterton Here are seven common challenges you’ll encounter whilst at University, solved through the teachings of scripture. 2. Drift: [Curiosity]: Back in 2006, during the May half-term, my family and I took a 10 hour transatlantic flight over ‘the pond’ to Orlando, Florida! Home to the very best rollercoasters in the world....

When I was younger I decided to give up chocolate for Lent one year (original, I know). The problem was, I would often forget and I remember once finding myself outside Greggs with an almost finished Chocolate Eclair. As soon as I remembered, I felt an intense feeling of guilt! Is this what Lent’s about? Is it simply about depriving...

“For most of the students trying church, they don’t know any Christians and they don’t know anyone in our church.”  These are the words of Hannah, a Student Worker in Nottingham, who in the last few weeks has experienced more students trying church than ever before. The students in her church can often be found inviting their friends to try church,...

“God’s just bringing people to the church and we just need to be ready when they come.” When Joe, a Student Worker in York, turned up to church on Sunday, he had no idea that he would be leading someone to faith that week. Joe shares the story of a student who recently gave his life to Jesus.  “There was one student...