Blog: Try Church Stories

  I wonder if you've ever been fishing? I must confess at this point that I haven’t, and yet it seems like just the kind of activity that would frustrate me entirely.  Sitting around, line in the water, waiting for something to happen. For many of Britain’s anglers, the past-time is just that - a past-time. Yet for billions around the globe, now...

IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY, WE OFTEN FIND HOPE. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO PREVIOUSLY, MAY HAVE CLOSED THE DOOR TO JESUS, INSTEAD BEING OPEN TO THE HOPE THAT HE OFFERS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES.  What could be more encouraging that stories of our answered prayers, that students would find hope in Jesus and home...

The church is waking up, and people are noticing. Throughout lockdown we’ve heard countless stories of students exploring faith for the first time and giving their lives to Jesus. A church asleep was unattractive, but when the pause button was pressed on life as we knew it, the church began to awake. As doors were locked, the church jumped online....

“What am I going to do on Sunday?”  This is the question that many people are asking themselves right now. Empty calendars with cancelled plans leave weekends free. Not only are church services now online, but coffee dates with friends are put on hold, cinema trips have been paused and visiting family in far away cities is a no go.  So what...

I spend a lot of my time with current students; students in the mix of uni life, discovering who they are and who they want to be. Decisions are a major part of uni life. I recently hung out with Abby and she shared her story and a decision she made that changed the course of not only her university...

We can’t get on campus This is something we hear a lot. Churches and faith based groups are often not given permission to officially meet on campus and are regularly faced with red tape and policies.  Sam in Manchester has faced this time and time again, but this hasn’t stopped the churches making a kingdom impact on campus.  “Year on year we haven’t been...

HELP, I need some ideas to get started!    This isn’t a how-to guide to invite a generation of students to try church but it’s a starting point if you need some ideas to get going and to spark your imagination. Prayer  Starting in prayer sounds almost too obvious to state, but it’s vital. This is a huge task and we need to be...