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Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;                         for the LORD has spoken:             I reared children and brought them up... Isaiah 1:2a I was packing bags, dashing up and down the steps with boxes, and busily loading up my dad’s car. This was the moment I had been waiting for: I was leaving for university. My dad was standing by the door, car keys in...

So, we’ve been out, we’ve been inviting our mates to trychurch, and friends have started to say yes! Brilliant! As your community grows, it will begin to shift and change. Your small group will have new faces, your vulnerability will be challenged, and your level of comfort will be challenged. It’s worth acknowledging that like anything in life, growth can sometimes be painful....

Languages are not my thing. It’s embarrassing but I really struggle to pick them up and then remember them. I’m that classic Birt abroad who has to rely on pals, body language and google translate. Heading abroad can feel a bit intimidating, a bit of a whirlwind and sometimes tiring if you're not on a holiday and needing to understand the...

We can’t get on campus This is something we hear a lot. Churches and faith based groups are often not given permission to officially meet on campus and are regularly faced with red tape and policies.  Sam in Manchester has faced this time and time again, but this hasn’t stopped the churches making a kingdom impact on campus.  “Year on year we haven’t been...

HELP, I need some ideas to get started!    This isn’t a how-to guide to invite a generation of students to try church but it’s a starting point if you need some ideas to get going and to spark your imagination. Prayer  Starting in prayer sounds almost too obvious to state, but it’s vital. This is a huge task and we need to be...

Gather round ladies and gentlemen, and prepare yourselves for my freshers week top tips! The first week of uni can be a whirlwind of fun, information, and new experiences, and it’s entirely possible that you’re excited to get going or dreading what might lay in store.  My prayer is that this post can make you genuinely excited about freshers week, and...

Trychurch - An invitation to a generation of students.  That’s an invitation to 2.3 million students in the UK.  Feeling a bit overwhelmed by that number? I am.  I'm also completely convinced that the stats need to change. I'm not satisfied with knowing that only ~0.7% of 2.3 million students are connected with a local church. While this can feel like a huge task...