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"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me..." These are the words Jesus quoted as he began his public ministry. He understood them better than anyone else and for anyone else, this would have been an utterly preposterous declaration, except in uttering them and embodying the message he made a way for us to join in. It’s a cosmic microphone drop moment. This...

Sometimes we have a retreat day as a term comes to an end to reflect on what God has done and seek his wisdom for the term ahead. Sometimes we find ourselves in February, five weeks into the new term, working off what comes our way! It’s easy, if you’re in that second camp, to feel like you’ve missed the...

Dear Church Leader, Wow! What a lot has changed! Thank you for being a church leader that is still keen to think creatively about student mission. How we love and disciple them has been and will be so different to the past. What it means to be a student member of a church is different. Who is watching online? Who checks in...

Sung worship is a great way of entering into God’s presence. But sometimes you may not have the finance to invest into smooth sounding online worship or your very own professional band for live music. That doesn’t mean worship has to be put on hold, here are just a few ideas to help you engage with worship in other ways: Write...

“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God...

‘We’re not going anywhere’ - merely a depressing fact of lockdown, or a rallying call for us as student workers in this season?  Student workers are here - demonstrating to students the presence, reliability and steadfastness of Christ amidst the storm. God still loves students and we’re not giving up on them, we’re not losing hope, we’re not going anywhere -...

Isaiah 61 whispers gently to our grief and our loss, our lingering heartache and hopes deferred. It is honest about the devastation and destruction, and it is determined and resolute in announcing there will be rebuilding and restoring and renewing.  It is blazen in its stop at nothing commitment for justice and freedom. It is good news for the poor and...