Education

Wondering and wandering... Student event taking bookings!

The Student Christian Movement who have had active representation on our Free Churches Group HE Working Group over the last few years are hosting their national annual gathering next spring.

SCM says, “Come together with students from around the country for our annual gathering at Hebron Hall, Dinas Powys near Cardiff! We'll be spending the weekend exploring the themes of pilgrimage and prayer and looking at how we can listen to God and speak out in faith.  We're super pleased to announce that Amanda Mukwashi, the CEO of Christian Aid, will be our key note speaker on the Saturday! She will be exploring what the themes of prayer and pilgrimage have meant to her in light of her experiences. Read more about her and our other speakers.”

Do share this link with those in your congregations and communities who are in higher education…

You can read more about the work FCG have been doing in the field of universities and higher education sector HERE.

Lights, camera, action for Further Education!

FCG have been both working and developing links with Festive, the UK based Christian charity, who support students and staff in further education. They have just launched a fantastic, inspiring and Christ-centred new YouTube channel. You can check out all the films HERE.

These films would be great to share in your churches and youth groups.

Film topics include: How do I live for Jesus? and How do I survive as a Christian?

You can read more about FCG’s work in the arena of further education HERE.

Ready… steady… Pray…

The FCG have been working with Pray for Schools for many years. It has been a fruitful partnership, with a mutual heart of prayer and care for our schools’ sector - for all of the teachers, children and support staff.

Each year there is a Pray Day on the third Tuesday of November every year when schools across Europe and around the world are the focus of prayer.

This year it will be held on Tuesday 20th November 2018, with schools across the UK taking part. Find out more and how to get involved, see HERE.

You can read more about the work that FCG are doing with schools and other sectors in education by clicking HERE.

40 Seconds… Praying for Education

As part of our work in the FCG Education Team, over the last year or so we have been working with Festive - a UK based Christian charity who support students, chaplains and staff in further education (FE). You can read more about their important work HERE.

Each month, among other things, they publish a prayer bulletin entitled ‘40 Sec Prayer News’. You can register to be on the mailing list for this on their website.

Here are the prayers for October… pray with us…

Praise God that He hears and answers!

  • Please pray for Annabel and Thomas who are the new leaders of their CU. Please pray that they will find a suitable time and place for the CU to meet. They ask us to pray for the outreach events they plan, and that they will themselves be faithful witnesses to Jesus and good examples as leaders for others in the CU.  Pray for many others like them!
     

  • There isn’t a CU at Langley Park Girls’ School but Keziah has some Christian friends and she wants to start one. She is very uncertain about how to do that, and nervous about speaking to staff and management about it. Pray that God would give her the courage she needs and the words to speak, and that she would find favour with those she speaks to. Pray for Jess (our volunteer student support worker) as she writes to her and supports her.
     

  • Ali, a youth worker in Wakefield writes: ‘My biggest prayer is for more workers….there is a harvest but we need more people to be salt and light in these environments’. Please pray for more volunteers to work with Ali. Wakefield college is asking for a chaplaincy but there are not enough people available to set up a team. Pray for Ali as he looks for recruits, that God would raise up people to take up this opportunity.
     

  • Festive is now working in Northern Ireland!  Praise God for this and pray for our 15 new student contacts there.  Pray also for Elaine, James and some of the other Christian staff and chaplains we met over there who are keen to see chaplaincy and CU's established at various colleges across NI.  Pray we would see breakthrough in this.