Summer means big changes for many students. All over the country students are in the process of graduating and being flung into the ‘real’ world. Our prayer is that CU would have been a time of building them up, and equipping them for a life of mission.

Below a couple of students reflect on their time at uni and how God has been at work in them.

“I've loved my four years at uni. Sharing life and Jesus with housemates and coursemates has been amazing. I'm excited about starting life in the 'real' world.” - Anna Harris, Newcastle CU

“It has been great living for Jesus outside of my family and growing in knowledge and love of Him with people who are now close friends. CU has given opportunities to spread God's Word to people and see it grow in their lives.” - Sam Bailey, Oxford Brookes CU

Join us in praising God and praying for graduating students as they enter into a time of transition.

Give thanks for…

• students who have been committed to and served on CU Mission teams

• students who have boldly stepped out in faith and shared the gospel with their friends, coursemates and strangers in a desire to see people come to Christ.

• those that have come to faith at university, whether through the witness of their friends, or through CU events; that they would continue to grow in knowledge and love of Christ

• the way in which God has used their time as a student to help them grow in their faith and to shape them for a life time of mission

“I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 16: 8

Please pray for graduating students…

• to keep trusting God with job applications

• to trust in God through times of change and uncertainty: “But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." Psalm 31:14

• “to keep up friendships with non-Christian friends from uni even as we move to different places and get busy jobs” – Anna’s prayer for graduating students

• to be witnesses wherever they are sent: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

• “that we won’t become tangled up in worldliness in the years to come just because we don't have CU, a Student Bible Study, prayer meeting and Church all in one week! But instead pray that God would be at work in our lives, guiding and refining so that we’re not complacent and lazy but enthusiastic and rooted in Christ, willing and ready to serve Him in all things.” – Sam’s prayer for graduating students

• to be built up in Christ: “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7