Blog: Students

Creative Mission Online  This is part of a blog series about our free online training sessions that we’re running everyday. Our content is usually just for students and student workers, but in this time we realise our training is helpful for the whole church. So if you’re a christian why not sign up to a session here. The invitation to the Kingdom...

Small gROUPS ONLINE Vision and Values  This is part of a blog series about our free online training sessions that we’re running everyday. Our content is usually just for students and student workers, but in this time we realise our training is helpful for the whole church. So if you’re a christian why not sign up to a session here.  Your small...

Small Groups Online This is part of a blog series about our free online training sessions that we’re running everyday. Our content is usually just for students and student workers, but in this time we realise our training is helpful for the whole church. So if you’re a christian why not sign up to a session here.  In Acts we read about the...

Games for Online Small Groups Just because we’ve had to move our small groups online and they might look a bit like a work meeting, doesn’t mean we have to make our small group meetings dry and boring. Fun is very important and I think mission critical. It breaks down barriers, helps people express themselves and draws people closer to one another. Heres...

“What changed?” “I’ve realised that it's as big a risk to believe in atheism as it is to believe in God.” Josh, a student from Bath, decided to stay at university despite it closing for the next few months. Josh had consistently invited one of his friends to church over the previous year and had been met with rejection each time. Despite...

Students have had a tough time in 2020 – first strikes and now sent home, university days cut short, money invested and qualifications delayed. Grad balls cancelled, graduation ceremonies postponed and post exam parties left unplanned. Eighteen years of education ending in confusion and isolation rather than purposeful next steps and celebration.  Most students and specifically final year students have had...

“I would have never had faith conversations if I hadn’t invited her to my small group, and I wouldn’t have invited her to my small group if it wasn’t online.” Going into her second year at university, Holly decided that this would be a good time to find a local church. She quickly joined a small group that left her feeling...