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When we hear the word ‘legacy’ it is easy to think of people like Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa or Albert Einstein - people with world changing impact that lasts longer than their time on earth. Yet, we all leave legacies that impact the world around us, for better or for worse. As a student, you have the opportunity to leave...

University is your chance to embrace some great opportunities, lay some strong foundations and discover what it is like to have God walk with you through it all. On average, you have 3 or 4 years to get a degree, pursue some extra-curricular activities, embrace adulthood and independence and hopefully make an impact on your fellow students!  There are 3 foundational...

As you start university you will be confronted with a whole new way of living. There are some key parts of university culture that are helpful to think about before you get to campus - drinking and drugs, relationships and sex, mental health and money.  DRINKING & DRUGS Alcohol is cheap, easy to get and there is a deeply embedded culture of drinking/drugs...

STARTING UNIVERSITY It is so exciting that you are heading to university soon! We want to help you start uni with the tools and confidence you need to start well. So these are some of our top tips! 1. BE READY - James 1:2-4 Dream with God - As you start out at university, the opportunities ahead of you are endless and God wants...

During exam season, it is easy to hibernate in the library or your room, studying and revising until the early hours. It is well known that the student population becomes insular and self-focussed as everyone tries to not only survive but succeed in exam season. But as followers of Jesus, we are set apart from the world; we are called...

Students believe so many lies society has told them about their purpose, identity, and future. God's word is full of truth. So let's tackle some of those lies and speak truth into the places.  LIVING OUT FAITH Lie: 1 “I’m too busy for church this week.” Maybe you think you are too busy to spend time with Jesus, to go to small group...

Students believe so many lies society has told them about their purpose, identity, and future. God's word is full of truth. So let's tackle some of those lies and speak truth into the places.  IDENTITY AND PURPOSE Lie 1: “I’m not good enough” Our culture tells us that we’re not good enough, skinny enough, clever enough, popular enough. In essence, we are told...

What is your calling? The outworking of our calling will look different for each of you, some of you may be called to business or to medicine or politics or ministry, but the calling on all of our lives is simple at its core. We are all called to follow Jesus, called to know Him more each day, to live...

'To comfort all who mourn...' (Isaiah 61:2) To mourn is to 'feel regret or show sadness about the loss or disappearance of someone/something.' I think it’s fair to say that a lot of things we dreamed of and hoped for, ‘disappeared’ from our grasp over the last 12 months. We are still mourning the loss of so much and it can be...

As I work through my final year at university, the horizon of working life that once seemed so far away is getting ever closer. I know for many of us, it feels like being the passenger in a car without a driver, that’s accelerating towards the edge of a cliff.  There are so many questions you may be asking yourself at the moment,...

As a student, my to-do list is never empty; there is always something to get done. Whether it’s uni, work, laundry, a food shop, seeing friends, cooking, exercising, relaxing, showering, cleaning my room, calling home; there is always something to do. So when it comes to spending time with Jesus, it is so easy to think about it as something...

‘But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.’ Acts of the Apostles 20:24 I don’t know about you, but whenever I’m not supposed to do something, I want to do it more. Whenever someone...

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 Have you ever had that amazing friend who goes over the top with great presents, or the one who picks you up in their car in the...

PRAYER IS POWERFUL! Prayer has the power to change minds, heart, cities, nations and lives. Prayer calls our amazing God into action, it makes room for miracles and it changes the very world we live in. Yet this incredibly powerful weapon of prayer is often left collecting dust on the shelf.  Prayer is so easily our last resort. We will do all that...