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Do you remember the last time you were consciously trying to make a good first impression? Maybe at an interview or starting in a new job? Perhaps it was meeting the parents or moving into a new neighbourhood?  For thousands of university students, right now every day is a day of first impressions. They are meeting hundreds of people at the...

One of the top influences on a student coming to faith today is their experience of the power of prayer.* As Christians, we believe prayer is powerful and actually makes a difference. Turns out this is not just theory, but is experienced as true in practice, and contributes powerfully to how students are coming to faith. People exploring whether God is real and Jesus...

You might have seen a few more cars on our motorways this weekend, loaded to the roof with duvets and saucepans. Or maybe you’ve helped struggling teens navigate the underground with suitcases twice their size. There’s a serious amount of young adult migration going on right now. Universities are starting up for the year and school leavers are being transformed...

The second most influential factor on a student coming to faith today is being invited to and attending a local church mid-week small group.* Our Sunday church expressions are important but not enough. The big and the gathered are key, but the small and the more personal are indispensable to students coming to faith in Jesus as well.  Maybe this seems obvious, but I know...

Josh was at Gloucester University Freshers fair last week and has an incredible story of Unity. Have a read of his story...  The Uni of Gloucestershire has kicked off the new wave of welcoming Freshers (so early I know!) and we have had an amazing time at the Try Church stand. The night before the freshers fair many churches gathered from...

The number one factor that influences how students are coming to faith in Jesus today is being invited to and experiencing Sunday church.* Well who would have thought it? The place of the Sunday church service remains front and centre in a student's journey of coming to know Jesus. There's a fair bit of chat around whether the gathered church service, at a set...

'HE SAID TO THEM, "GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION' MARK 16:15 Last year, I did something very last minute. I booked on to fusion’s annual student mission and work conference the day before it started and hopped on a train to Derby from Oxford the next day.  It was incredible.  I wasn’t a student anymore or really involved...