Jan 5th 2012 -
I think we’ve found the allegedly “missing generation”. For those of you who don’t know, the 18s-30s age group are known as “the missing generation” of the UK’s churches. Across this country, the student-age are very thin on the ground when you check out demographics on a Sunday or membership lists. After the days of youth groups end, exams dominate, Uni...
Jan 4th 2012 -
Day 1 It's not that often you can look back a year and realise that everything has changed since then. That will be where you school leavers will be at a year from now. Everything will change. Between now and then, dinner time, where they live, who they live with, their friends, their eating habits, their passions will be different. They will be different....
Dec 22nd 2011 -
Fusion @ Function @ Spring Harvest Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 April 2012 It's about sharing life, honest conversation, authentic worship and living differently. It is designed for 18-30s and it is going to be a blast! The theme is Church Actually - a passion that us and God have in common In Church Actually we want to bring two vital questions to the exploration of the...
Dec 19th 2011 -
We speak out when we reach the edge of our toleration. We stay silent when we are within the realm of comfort. Every now and then, it is worth checking where that boundary is and if it’s moved, asking why. Simply put, how much do you tolerate? A friend of mine recently told me that they had “friends with benefits”. These are...
Dec 13th 2011 -
This New Year’s Eve we will no longer be off our faces, but on our faces, for Jesus, because of Jesus. How many New Year’s Eve gatherings have you been to that have started the next year as you meant it to go on? Were you really hoping that 2011 would be charaterised by emotional drunk friends in a mess? Was...
Dec 12th 2011 -
I was inspired and encouraged to see Adam Roseblade's recent stunt. It is a great story and he has written up for us to read here. Adam is student worker at Kings Church in Portsmouth. “Love makes fools of us all” – This was the challenging idea that seemed to become lodged in my mind as the Holy Spirit began to...
Dec 1st 2011 -
When I peeled opened the envelope and witnessed what was inside, I choked-up. I’m not a “crier” as my friends will tell you, but this single piece of post left me a little bit lost for words with tears in my eyes. It was a message of support for Fusion, with a cheque for a small sum of money, wrapped around...
