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5 Things I never thought I would say or do (until I became part of the Fusion Team):  Hangout with 8000 Catholics in Czech  Walk through a frozen paddling pool at 6am in Jan  Like coffee  Be sent to an unknown European destination, with only $20, for 48 hours  Travel the length & breadth of England, making many a brilliant pal along the way.  Ok, so those are...

I started uni determined to become a fashion photographer. Nottingham was a three-year stopgap to get trained up before heading to London to land a contract with Vogue (obviously). Three years later, a degree under my belt, a bunch of industry experience, a few exhibitions and some live commissions you would have thought I was ready to hit the ground running...

Have you ever walked into a room and there wasn’t a seat for you? Or have you been invited for dinner and there isn’t a chair at the table for you? If yes, that’s 10/10 awks and I’m sorry you’ve been through that. Hopefully, most of you reading this won’t have been in that situation! If you are part of a small...

The term is in full swing, the whirlwind of freshers is over and students are finding their feet in a new normal. For many students, this shift can emphasise loneliness and students can feel less at home in their new city.  There was recently a BBC Radio 4 survey that found 16-24's to be the loneliest age group. Students sit right in the...

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...

Term has ended and you’re home, back to your old normal. To familiar and to family. You have three months ahead of you, how are you going to use it? I know I used to struggle with the abrupt change of pace. The deadlines are done, the race to the end of term is over and the goodbyes to housemates have...

This is how you can invite a generation of students to #trychurch... Every year thousands of students wander through freshers fairs. They are invited to try sports, clubs and societies. They are offered free food, free drinks and a whole heap of new opportunities. Many of these students haven't been invited to #trychurch and we need to lead the way, as the church,...

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...

For most students this is the last week of term. In just a few days they will be ready to head home and flop, be looked after, and plug back into life at home. As their youth worker embrace this opportunity to welcome them home and back to church for maybe the first time all term. Grab this time to...

THE FUSION TEAM IS GROWING AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO JOIN. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen relationships with a growing network of more than 2000 churches in the uk. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DILIGENT AND ENTHUSIASTIC WORKERS TO HELP US best serve and resource every fusion connection church. COULD IT BE YOU?  As the number of connection...

Michael is a Student worker in Derby. check out his Student linkup freshers fair stand experience and the power of a simple invite to #Trychurch. For the second year running we set up a #TryChurch stand at Derby Uni's Freshers Fair to try and encourage and invite students, whether Christian or not, to give church a try at uni. I'm always amused by the variety...

Rhys has been a Christian for a whole year; he became a Christian in his first term at uni and I have picked his brains for all the best top tips on how to invite all students to #Trychurch. Check out his story…   Going through school, R.E. always made sense, but I didn't grow up around church. I didn’t know how...

Most students haven't stepped inside a church before, at least not on a Sunday.  A #TryChurch freshers stand creates a platform to connect with thousands of freshers and invite them to #TryChurch; dare them to experience something life changing, to discover community, discover home and discover Jesus. Key things to bear in mind... #TryChurch is banner under which churches can collectively share...

Confession time - I can be pretty chaotic and if I’m not careful this can spill out into my prayer life. Have you found yourself praying sporadically for different things with no consistency? Or maybe overwhelmed by the number of people you would love to be praying for, and unsure where to even start? If you can relate to this, check...

We have been at 21 Freshers fairs across the UK inviting all students to #Trychurch. We've heard so many encouraging stories. Here's Ed's: Ed's Story "Recently I helped run a stall at Chester University’s Fresher’s Fair with Fusion and #TryChurch. We talked to a lot of students and encouraged them to try church. This opened up conversations and questions and was a great opportunity to...

Over the last three weeks we have been at 21 different freshers fairs, inviting students to #Trychurch, daring them to experience something life changing, to discover community, discover home and discover Jesus.   "What is church like?" Across the 21 different cities, 421 students said yes to giving church a try, and one of the most asked questions was "what is church,...

Almost exactly 4 years ago to the day I was packing my polka dot tea towels and my cute new crockery into the car. My new duvet was squished in and I had blue tack and hundreds of photos of my besties ready to pin up on my wall. I realised in all of the busyness and all the goodbyes I...