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  At Fusion, we love hearing stories of how God is moving across universities and how churches are welcoming freshers into their church communities.   “My favourite thing has been finding a church”. Imagine if this was the testimony of every fresher all over the UK. In October, we hosted a variety of training days for students and student workers. We welcomed students such as Abigail who...

Your new chapter awaits... You’ve hauled your boxes up 10 flights of stairs, had a parent cry on the journey and met your new house mates for the next year. Now what? Every University and city will have their own way of welcoming students in, but let’s start with some basics of what to expect.  Pace yourself- Mark 6:31  Moving to university is a...

“I don’t know how to tell my friends about Jesus” “I don’t want to force my faith”- maybe these are thoughts you’ve been having. You are not alone and sharing our faith can seem a lot harder than we often think. Everyone is uniquely wired and therefore communicating and receiving the gospel will look different for everyone. We really saw...

Over the past few years I have recognised the hold my phone has over me and impacts the amount of time I spend with God. So every year I delete all social media apps and give it up for 40 days. However one year I was having a bad day and redownload the app and told myself I would delete...

What am I called to?    You may have been asked the questions ‘What are your plans when you graduate?’ ‘What kind of person do you want to be?’ a million and one times by people who genuinely care. The stress of having a plan for your future is very common for any student, but especially those of you entering final year....

Michael Bublé has well and truly defrosted, you’ve been to your 5th Christmas market of the year and deadlines are fast approaching. Maybe that’s just been my experience of the festive period so far.  Do you remember being in school and getting 3 weeks off for Christmas and maybe getting 1 piece of homework to complete over the holidays? That memory is...

Is it possible to be a leader as a Fresher? ‘It was December in my first semester at university and my student pastor asked to go for coffee. I immediately assumed I had done something wrong and a challenge was coming my way. So I was pretty surprised when he asked if I wanted to lead a student small group starting...