This week's Guest Blogger is Sarah Young, the student worker from Community Church Edinburgh and recent graduate. Who we live with has a huge impact on our time at uni so I asked Sarah to tell us her story...
The Student Work Conference is one of the highlights of my year. Why? Because not only do I get to hang out with 100 other people who share my passion to see the students of this nation come to know our God who loves them, I also have the privilege of seeing those 100 people equipped and inspired for the year ahead.
Last Tuesday night hundreds of people, led by students, descended on Parliament Square to pray for our government and the world. Pat Allerton, the visionary behind the event, fills us in.
Last week, over 50 students went out onto different campuses of the University of London to love their uni. Click below to see what happened!
Two churches and four student groups have got together for 3 days of loving the University of London. Larry Platner from Agape sent us through this update last night:
"It is actually happening. Today was the first day of the loveYourUni with a number of events going on. Probably close to a thousand students were served in some way.
The tide is turning across the UK. More churches than ever before are starting up student ministries. Rachel Magowan from St Stephen's Twickenham shares her top tips for starting out in student ministry:
"Last September we had very few students at St Stephen's, but now have a flourishing student cell, with more and more students interested in finding out about Jesus. Here are some top tips in order to make student work happen in your local church.
Summer is nearly over and with the start of term just over a month away, it's time to start thinking about freshers again. Here are a few ideas to get you going: