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Students have had a tough time in 2020 – first strikes and now sent home, university days cut short, money invested and qualifications delayed. Grad balls cancelled, graduation ceremonies postponed and post exam parties left unplanned. Eighteen years of education ending in confusion and isolation rather than purposeful next steps and celebration.  Most students and specifically final year students have had...

“I would have never had faith conversations if I hadn’t invited her to my small group, and I wouldn’t have invited her to my small group if it wasn’t online.” Going into her second year at university, Holly decided that this would be a good time to find a local church. She quickly joined a small group that left her feeling...

I don’t believe for one moment that just because the universities are shut that God doesn’t want to reach students. I continue to believe that every student deserves an opportunity to put their hope in Jesus and find home in the local church today. God’s mission to students has not been furloughed, no one has pressed pause and it is not...

If you’re a final year student we’d love to hear your voice at this time. 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride with Uni strikes kicking off the year and now you’re likely at home working toward dissertation deadlines and watching lectures online - this virus outbreak has disrupted your life and likely your plans for what’s next post graduation.  At Fusion, we...

One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master,...

When I was a student, my student worker would always drill into me about inviting friends to small group, church events that we were putting on. Yes I knew that it was important to invite friends to things and I did invite friends, but when the majority of them said no and rejected me time and time again, it became...

“It doesn’t matter where you are in the country anymore. My friend could be in my small group for 12 weeks, and those 12 weeks could change her life. I really think that God’s bringing revival through small groups.” Community and quarantine are two words that are unlikely to go together, however, Holly, a student from York, would disagree. After attending...