Blog: Students

It is the last week of term and you will soon be finished university for Christmas. After late nights, long lectures and early morning starts you will be getting rest. Rest however is so much more than a good idea- its a command from God. So often our life can go by so fast it seems like the years are getting...

'You're far more holy than me!' Says my Mum to me one day, in an off-hand way. Now this struck me. My Mum is a Christian missionary-turned-church-leader and has been full-time serving the church and training leaders for years. I’m a fresh-outta-uni graduate, I picked the degree that looked most fun, still enjoy going out, making spontaneous decisions and live most days with...

A few week ago I was sat in the dentist waiting room for my first ever filling!!! I’m not afraid of the dentist so that didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the fact that I left my phone at home!! I have never ever in my life left my phone at home. I was sat on my own in...

So term one of uni is done, Christmas is approaching and you’ve packed up to head home for some festive cheer.  First term is a whirlwind but we hope you found and settled in a church that you love. Now is the time to message your student worker and let them now how your first term has been and if you haven’t already, commit to the church you...

As part of my work, I meet youth workers and talk about how they can prepare young people for University. Often youth workers and I talk about our ideas for what young people need, but one youth worker Mark Hand, from Northern Ireland, asked his young people what they want in preparation for uni. Here is what they said... Michelle: ‘I think it's...

This term has been an exciting one at St Luke’s as we step into a new season of outreach and mission. We are blessed to be located very close to two of Newcastle University’s biggest student halls.  As a student leader I felt strongly this term that we need to make more of this opportunity; to show students living there...

This weekend has seen tragedy across the Globe. Social media has been flooded with support, prayers, hashtags and so many opinions. There is so much that could be said about the events themselves, the peoples’ response, our world, what is right and what is wrong. In a time of so much darkness, doubt and fear, what do we know? We know God is...