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I met with Tom from Christ Church Manchester a couple of weeks ago and he shared their vision for planting churches all over Manchester and how students play an in integral role in that. If you are a church leader, how are you going to release students to step up and lead? If you are a student, how are you going...

"I studied theology at university and I loved the biblical teaching, context and debate! Towards the end of my degree, I felt God challenging me with my next step: how could I translate this knowledge, passion and growing faith into practice to impact communities across the UK? A theologian called Frederick Buechner once wrote, "The place God calls you to is the...

Firebrands is the name of our Fusion conference this year. But Firebrands, for us, is far more than a conference, it's a call. We sense that God is calling us as a generation to be firebrands. So what exactly is a firebrand? The student mission team will unpack this question with you in a series of vlogs.This first vlog looks at the first...

It was exam season. I walked through my friend’s front door, flopped onto the sofa and took my much-needed cup of tea with a resounding ‘I needed that’. It didn’t take long for my friend to realise that I was exhausted, and that going to her house was finally rest.  She challenged me by asking ‘when was the last time you rested?’  To...

THE LOVEYOURUNI PODCAST EPISODE 16 - THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  In this episode of the loveyouruni podcast Miriam, Adam and Luke chat about Luke's shabba-tical (or sabbatical depending on who you ask), how we can rest in student life and we wave goodbye to the Essex cackle.  

I work one day a week in a dementia home. When I first started, I was employed to do drama with the residents but quickly realized I’d been employed as a standard carer because they were so short staffed. My heart dropped and I thought: “I’m better than this job, I’ve just graduated I shouldn’t be doing this. Surely this isn’t what...

Well its May. And in the student world that means three things: Dissertations, deadlines and exams! Many of the amazing people I work with are currently neck deep in stress and anxiety, and spending long hours sat in isolated desks, silently reading and writing out the shape of their future. So I thought I’d quickly write about something I believe...