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Introducing CSNM

Christian Student Nurses and Midwives is no longer operating as an organisation under the UCCF umbrella. The work among nursing and midwifery students (CSNM) has transferred from UCCF to CNM (Christian Nurses and Midwives). CSNM will continue to have a...

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View Scotland Mission Links Scotland Mission Links
The UCCF World Advisors are representatives in Scotland from various agencies involved in cross-cultural mission around the world. Are you: Looking for mission related resources for...

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View What is a Church? What is a CU? What is a Church? What is a CU?
The objections: is a CU a church? The doctrine of the Church has always been the ‘wilted side-salad’ of theology. If you are going to enjoy a good theological meal out, the doctrine of...

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View What is a CU? What is a CU?
Christian Unions are student led mission teams operating at the very heart of the UK’s universities and colleges. They exist for one reason – to share the good news of the gospel to a...

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View New Word Alive 08 New Word Alive 08
Monday 7 April to Friday 11 April 2008 UCCF: The Christian Unions and Keswick Ministries are delighted to announce the launch of New Word Alive. With 15 years of experience in bringing...

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View Introducing Interface Introducing Interface
If you have found yourself in the artists section then you are probably a student studying Fine Art, Textiles, Design or related courses, or else you are interested in those subjects. As...

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View On-line link up On-line link up
To help new students get connected with their Christian Union and local churches as they start at university.

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View Choosing a Church Choosing a Church
Every new student is faced with a multitude of choices, including which modules to take, which societies to join, what to wear tonight. It’s all too easy to overlook the big issue of...

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View Handling Money Handling Money
For many students, the first week of life in a new city holds at least one slightly overwhelming realisation: they are financially independent. All through university, handling money is a...

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View Evangelism Evangelism
Can I get more stuck into the Bible and involved in evangelism? Yes! Relay workers attend three week long training conferences during the year where we look at the Bible in depth, train...

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View Who pays for it? Who pays for it?
Relay workers give a contribution £600 for their training conferences and materials, and must raise their living and ministry costs themselves. The exact figure depends on where you are...

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View Confirmed Speakers Confirmed Speakers
We're delighted to be able to announce the following speakers for New Word Alive in 2008. Dr Don Carson Don Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical...

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View Apply for Relay Apply for Relay
Applications for Relay in the academic year 2008/09 are now closed

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View Introducing the Student Card Introducing the Student Card
Introducing the student card from UCCF: The Christian Unions. Student Card Partners Renew your mind - Receive 25% off all your favourite Christian books by IVP. Check out their...

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View Students reaching students for Christ Students reaching students for Christ
Christian Unions are mission teams that operate at the very heart of university and college campuses. Led by students, resourced by Christian Union Staff Workers and supported by the...

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View Our Doctrinal Basis Our Doctrinal Basis
UCCF: The Christian Unions' Declaration of Belief

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View Our Story Our Story
UCCF: The Christian Unions – students, staff and supporters working together to reach the campus for Christ. Christian Unions Born out of one student’s Vision for Mission In 1923...

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View What is Relay? What is Relay?
What is grace and how does it make a difference to my life? Relay is a 10 month scheme run by UCCF: The Christian Unions where recent graduates are trained and discipled while working...

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View Our Vision Our Vision
Our vision is to see students coming to faith, growing and going on to become disciple makers in the world. We are fully reliant on God, in prayer, as we work towards realising this...

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View Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some commonly asked questions regarding the Forum conference: Q: How do I book? A: Read through the booking information. Then complete the booking form. Q: Do you accept...

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View Quiet Times Quiet Times
We are all aware that we need God in every area of our lives, and we all know- in theory at least- how helpful it is to meet with Him daily by reading His Word and spending time in...

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View Telling your Testimony Telling your Testimony
A CU leader asks you if you would like to give your testimony. Your mouth goes dry, and your palms get clammy, and your mind says “no”. But somehow your mouth says “yes”. Now what do you...

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View Thinking vs Faith Thinking vs Faith
You’re going off to university to learn about physics, or sociology, or the history of art, or flower arranging. You wonder how well you are going to cope as a Christian in the context of...

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View Venue and Travel Venue and Travel
Forum is held at the Quinta Conference Centre www.quinta.org, near Oswestry in Shropshire. By Road The Quinta Centre is a quarter of a mile from the centre of Weston Rhyn, near...

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View Volunteers Volunteers
We would love volunteers to be able to join in with the Forum programme to a limited extent, and the shift system should make some allowance for this, but we trust that as volunteers for...

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View UCCF Summer Teams UCCF Summer Teams
Each summer UCCF: The Christian Unions send students out around the UK and the world on Summer Teams, usually in partnership with Friends International and IFES but also with other...

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View Contact Information Contact Information
Contact details for the UCCF central office.

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View Parents Parents
Some questions frequently asked by parents of students at or soon to be at University.

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View Site Policy Site Policy
UCCF doesn’t capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this website, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via e-mail or by...

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View How can I give? How can I give?
Single gifts, Regular gifts, Legacies

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View Working with the local Church Working with the local Church
We strongly believe that Christian students should be attached to, and involved in, a local church during their university/college years. This is the message we have been communicating to...

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View Christian Union FAQs Christian Union FAQs
It is clear from history that Christian Unions have had a deep and lasting impact on the growth of the church in the United Kingdom. Many in positions of influence in church and society...

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View Why do we have a Doctrinal Basis? Why do we have a Doctrinal Basis?
Since the very earliest days of the Church, Christians have written summaries of their belief for themselves. Some small summary confessions of faith can be found within the bible...

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View New UCCF Website New UCCF Website
The vision of www.uccf.org.uk is 'to Resource UCCF: The Christian Unions' students, staff and supporters in their mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ in our Universities and...

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View Anna Freeman Anna Freeman
Artist

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View Eleanor Bradley Eleanor Bradley
Assistant Garment Developer

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View Esther Jervis Esther Jervis
Artist

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View Hannah Currin Hannah Currin
Graphic Designer

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View Helen Brown Helen Brown
University of Central England

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View Kaori Homma Kaori Homma
Artist

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View Kirsty Reilly Kirsty Reilly
Knitwear and Print Designer

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View Michael Coppelov Michael Coppelov
The Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University

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View Lauren Aston Lauren Aston
Artist

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View Lisa Raine Hunt Lisa Raine Hunt
Curator

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View Marcus Willcocks Marcus Willcocks
Designer

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View Michael Gough Michael Gough
Artist

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View Paul Hobbs Paul Hobbs
Artist

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View Rachel Collinson Rachel Collinson
Designer

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View Prayer Groups Prayer Groups
UCCF supporters meet together in different locations around the UK to pray for the students and Christian Unions in their area. Most groups meet termly, and UCCF Staff Workers and...

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View Week of Prayer Week of Prayer
14-21 October 2007

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View Giving Giving
UCCF is a registered charity and is entirely dependent on donations for funding its work with students as they live and speak for Jesus on campus. Individuals Over 65% of our funding...

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View What can I support? What can I support?
Our general ministry, special appeal/project, specialist ministry, CUs in my area, a staff member/Relay worker

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View Church Partners Church Partners
‘Partnership in the gospel’ is a phrase used by Paul to describe his relationship with the church in Philippi (Phil 1:5). It’s an important challenge for UCCF: The Christian Unions...

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View How can my church partner with UCCF? How can my church partner with UCCF?
Partnership in the gospel is a two-way relationship, with each party committed to the other. UCCF is committed to providing churches with Regular prayer news Resources to...

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View How can my church support students? How can my church support students?
Not all churches have students as part of their congregation. Some are primarily ‘sending’ churches, not situated near to a university, but who annually wave goodbye to the oldest...

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View Regular Updates Regular Updates
Receive regular news and prayer, click here to find out more.

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View CU Friends CU Friends
Stay in touch with your old CU and other CUs in the area. We’d love to send you free termly newsletters so that you can read about and pray for the ongoing ministry of your old CU.

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View Focus Prayer Diary Focus Prayer Diary
Focus is produced six times a year, and gives a daily prayer points to help you bring Christian Unions before God, in prayer. Click here to sign up to receive Focus regularly or click...

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View Before The Throne - Perfect in his Presence Before The Throne - Perfect in his Presence
Nearly 500 students, Relay Workers, CU Staffworkers and guests gathered in a wet and windy corner of Shropshire to meet with God and hear from his Word. We looked together at the...

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View A Gospel Generation A Gospel Generation
Over 550 students, CU staff and Relay workers formed the biggest ever 'Forum', UCCF's annual student leaders conference. A whole generation of leaders received theological and practical...

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View Life Life
Forum 2003 saw the launch of the Life Gospel Project. Highlights from this year included Nigel Lee speaking from 1 John, Roger Carswell presented his 'Missionary Master Class' and...

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View About the PURE course About the PURE course
Question: What can get over one hundred students out of bed at 7:30am on a rainy Monday morning in the middle of November? Answer: PURE – a six week interactive course looking at what...

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View Aim Aim
The purpose of the weekend is the first question that the committee should ask themselves.

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View Buy the PURE book Buy the PURE book
Having this book to hand is vital for running a PURE course. All sessions are based on and are dependent on chapters in the book.

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View Fresh Pack Fresh Pack
Our resource to help new students settle in to and get the most out of their time as a new student.

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View Lunch Bars Lunch Bars
Some key pointers to help you on your way to running a lunch bar event in your college or University.

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View Music nights Music nights
You are looking for a different event to attract friends and one of your CU leaders thinks it would be a great idea to book U2 in order that many people can come to an event. Why? ...

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View Dialogue events Dialogue events
Putting on a formal/informal dinner Picture the scene: a classic student lounge, in a lads student house. True to form there are a variety of chairs from different decades, all...

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View Podcasts and News Feeds Podcasts and News Feeds
What are News Feeds? News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the up to date information including audio and video in one place, as soon as its...

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View Why reach out to International students? Why reach out to International students?
Each year thousands of International students (IS) come to the UK to study, life here may seem very different, IS may miss their friends, family and often find British culture unfamiliar...

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View Making friends with International students Making friends with International students
Coming to a new country is an exciting opportunity for international students. Often, they have spent many years working towards the chance to spend a year or two of their education in...

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View What is a Globe Café? What is a Globe Café?
Cafes have run for many years, in churches, universities and local homes. The idea behind the café is that it gives IS a place to come and make friends, learn about different cultures and...

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View What is your vision? What is your vision?
Here are some model visions. Spend some time praying and thinking through your vision. After that work out some achievable aims and objectives. After each term look back and evaluate...

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View What are your aims and objectives of the café? What are your aims and objectives of the café?
Prayerfully considering your aims and objectives will help you to work well throughout the year. Try to be realistic about how much you plan to do. You don’t want it to end up like a...

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View Getting a team together Getting a team together
Building and nurturing a team of students and families from local churches is really important. The local churches can support the IS in a way that students can’t, e.g. during the...

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View Nurturing a team Nurturing a team
Nurturing a team constist of Bible study, prayer, sharing, planning, training, and doing the task. Bible study Bible Study together gives vision for the work. It encourages our...

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View Running a cafe Running a cafe
“A good event / programme is…one which attracts IS, which is such that every new visitor will want to come again (perhaps to a different event, but which they expect to be as good), which...

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View Evangelistic opportunities throughout the year Evangelistic opportunities throughout the year
At each social event, have a sheet on each chair where each International Student can fill in different options. Make the most of social events and see where you can turn them into a...

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View Guidelines for Students' Unions and Christian Unions Guidelines for Students' Unions and Christian Unions
These guidelines have been drafted and agreed by the National Union of Students and the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship with the advice of the Equality Challenge Unit....

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View Equal Opportunities Policies and Faith-based Student Societies Equal Opportunities Policies and Faith-based Student Societies
A helpful paper by Julian Rivers justifying the right for a Society to be led only by people sympathetic to it's aims and ethos.

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View Stand with us Stand with us
Join with other graduates in supporting ongoing gospel ministry at your old university or college.

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View The Legal Rights of Student Christian Unions The Legal Rights of Student Christian Unions
Julian Rivers (Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Bristol) responds to Adjudicator Mark Shaw’s QCs ruling that non-Christians should be able to head up the Christian Union at...

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View GO! 2007 GO! 2007
A day conference to equip you to talk to your friends or strangers of the truth of the gospel.

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View Need to Know Need to Know
Date Saturday 3rd November Time Registration and coffee from 9.30am Starts at 10am finishes by 5.30pm Cost £3 on the day. This includes refreshments, resources and...

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View Travel Details for SOUTH event Travel Details for SOUTH event
‘Conference Auditorium’, Leeds university, LS2 9JT – note it’s different to flyer, not at the Student Union!

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View Travel Details for NORTH event Travel Details for NORTH event
Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle City Centre

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View The Program The Program
During the day there will be the chance to meet students from other CUs in the North East, and share ideas for reaching students with the good news of Jesus. There’ll be a missions stall,...

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View Seminar Options Seminar Options
There will be two seminar slots, so you get to go to two of these really practical sessions, thinking about how to make live and speak for Jesus in the situations and amongst the people...

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View Book Now Book Now
To BOOK a place, or make a group booking for your CU...Check with your CU or staff worker about travel plans For the South Contact your staff worker or Mark Stone For the North...

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View Introducing LunchBox Introducing LunchBox
LunchBox is a DVD containing five short films that are ideal for opening up talks, discussions and debates on five common questions that people often ask. LunchBox has been designed...

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View Copying Services Copying Services
How good does your printing look?

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View East Central Update East Central Update
Summer is now in full swing, at least we're meant to be in the summer season, although as I look out of my window the rain is pouring down! I'm sure that many of you will be enjoying...

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View North West Update North West Update
Summer is now in full swing, at least we're meant to be in the summer season, although as I look out of my window the rain is pouring down! I'm sure that many of you will be enjoying...

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View South West Update South West Update
The end of one year and the start of another. Everyone goes their separate ways to rest, recover and to get ready for the next term. Now would be the easy time to slack off, but instead...

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View South East Update South East Update
What can you praise God for this term? Recently at the CU leaders training day in Guildford we shared some of the great stuff that God has been doing this term in the CU’s in the...

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View London Update London Update
We had a farewell party on Saturday for good friends of ours. We moved to London practically together in order to be involved in gospel ministry amongst students. Many...

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View Scotland Update Scotland Update
Uni’s over for another year. You may be looking forward to your holidays, and the prospect of next term may seem far a distant horizon. But for some CU members, now is the time to be...

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View Wales Update Wales Update
It’s the summer – hooray! And with it comes lots of opportunities to travel, earn money, rest and catch up with friends. It’s also a great time for getting involved in...

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View North East Update North East Update
Saying goodbye is always hard and it is sad at the end of term to see friends graduate and move into a new phase of life. Please remember to pray those in CU who are graduating...

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View Midlands Update Midlands Update
Summer is now in full swing, at least we're meant to be in the summer season, although as I look out of my window the rain is pouring down! I'm sure that many of you will be enjoying...

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View Students' Unions Elections: Get Informed and Get Involved Students' Unions Elections: Get Informed and Get Involved
How Your Students' Union is Run

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View Introduction Introduction
Imagine the gospel in the hands, heads and hearts of a generation of students - a generation without Jesus and without hope. 400,000 Gospels handed from student to student at over 150...

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View Forum 2008 Forum 2008
Mobilising CU Leaders for Mission

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View Forum 2008 Promotional Video Forum 2008 Promotional Video
Watch the promo video for Forum 2008.

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View Book now for Forum 2008 Book now for Forum 2008
Online bookings for this year's conference are now open. Forum this year is 1st - 5th September.

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View Programme Programme
Information about what's happening at Forum 08

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View Introducing the Online Payments Facility Introducing the Online Payments Facility
The UCCF Online Payments Facility accepts payments using cheque or most major card credit or debit cards. Card details are not handled directly by ourselves but by an interface...

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View Venue Venue
Good houseparty venues are hard to come by, particularly because Christian Union groups from across the country are all looking for weekend accommodation in November...

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View Speaker Speaker
Alongside the venue, early booking of an appropriate speaker is the other major priority in preparation for your weekend.

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View Theme Theme
It is important to have a clear goal for the weekend (and t communicate it to the CU members). Some of the shorter Epistles can be studied in their entirety over a weekend. Possible...

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View Quiet Times Quiet Times
The houseparty is a great opportunity to emphasise the importance of a regular time for personal prayer and Bible study. A half hour slot after breakfast each day is probably best (longer...

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View Seminars Seminars
There are several benefits to be drawn from offering seminars alongside the main teaching sessions. Not only do seminars involve a different dynamic and learning style, they also allow...

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View Leadership Development Leadership Development
Changing lives to be like Jesus through teaching, relationships and service. UCCF has a continuing commitment to see effective leaders developed through the Christian Unions. We are...

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View Some other points on the programme Some other points on the programme
Do be realistic about your arrival time on the Friday evening and don’t schedule sessions and/or meals in a way that means you are running late before the weekend has even started; it...

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View Communion Communion
Some houseparties incorporate a communion service as part of their Sunday worship. Although it is not likely to prove divisive, it is worthwhile recognising that strong denominational...

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View Bookstall Bookstall
A houseparty weekend offers plenty of time for CU members to browse through a bookstall, and it is strongly recommended that you try and take such a facility with you. If the CU has a...

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View Catering Catering
As was mentioned above, the cost of running a houseparty at a catered centre is making it increasingly likely that you will wish to have a self-catering weekend. If this is the case,...

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View Budgetting Budgetting
The price that you charge for the weekend has got to cover accommodation for the CU members, transport costs and food. It has also got to include the accommodation and travel costs of...

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View Transport Transport
As a rule the choice for transport to the weekend is going to be a coach or a convoy of cars and/or minibuses; the very fact that most houseparty venues are rural rules out the...

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View Advertising the weekend Advertising the weekend
The words ‘now so-and-so has some notices’ are a well-known sedative and given the importance of the houseparty it is vital that you make a special effort to ensure that the purpose and...

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View Delegation Delegation
By now it is probably obvious that there is an awful lot that goes into the running of a houseparty weekend and you are going to find it essential to delegate tasks out to other people,...

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View The Houseparty itself The Houseparty itself
No-one can ever guarantee that an event will go off well, but provided that you have prayed, and prepared and delegated you should probably survive the experience! You may well want to...

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View Choosing Bible Study Resources Choosing Bible Study Resources
Guidelines for helping CUs assess Bible study resources for small groups Small or cell groups play a central part in CU life. These enable the overall vision of Christian Unions to be...

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View Fresh book Fresh book
Bite-sized inspiration for new students

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View FREE Facebook Page FREE Facebook Page
Pinch (oops we mean share!) FREE ideas with other CUs. Become a fan of FREE on Facebook and use it as a way to advertise FREE to all your Facebook friends!

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View Transformission talks Transformission talks
Mike Reeves speaking at the South West Transformission conference

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View Know and Tell the Gospel Know and Tell the Gospel
John Chapman “A truly incredible book on evangelism - also designed to train and equip others for the work! ” The title of this book could not be much simpler, but it perfectly...

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View Too busy not to pray Too busy not to pray
Bill Hybels Bill Hybels challenges us to pray – especially when we are very busy, because that is when we need God most keenly. When we work, we work, but when we pray, God works. He...

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View Out of the Saltshaker Out of the Saltshaker
Rebecca Manley Pippert "A book cram-packed with easy to read stories about inspiring evangelism in practice." As I read this book I was amazed at the boldness of Becky (the...

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View God's Big Picture God's Big Picture
Vaughan Roberts “A great Bible overview in and of itself and an excellent foundation for more in-depth study of the Bible’s storyline. Read it and read it again!” However well we know...

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View Cross Examined Cross Examined
Mark Meynell “Cross Examined explains in a simple yet powerful way the importance and implications of the cross for Christians today” Cross-Examined is a book that focuses on the cross...

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View Meltdown Meltdown
Marcus Honeysett “A book about living for truth in a truth-less society” In John 17 Jesus prays that we would be sanctified in truth. He also says that God’s Word is Truth. However the...

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View Relationships Revolution Relationships Revolution
Nigel Pollock "A brilliantly honest and insightful look at what God has to say about relationships, friendships and singleness.” Ever asked the question “Is homosexuality OK?” “Is...

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View Emergency Clinic: 'Help! We've got a mission week soon and we don't have anything sorted!' Emergency Clinic: 'Help! We've got a mission week soon and we don't have anything sorted!'
Peter Dray and heledd Job giving an Emergency Clinic: 'Help! We've got a mission week soon and we don't have anything sorted!'

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View Grace Filled Leaders Grace Filled Leaders
John Risbridger speaking at Forum 2001 on Grace Filled Leaders.

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View Feedback Feedback
Students giving feedback from Forum 2001

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View Talk 1 - Leviticus 1-10 Talk 1 - Leviticus 1-10
Justin Mote speaking at Forum 2001 on Leviticus 1-10

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View Talk 2 - Leviticus 11-15 Talk 2 - Leviticus 11-15
Justin Mote speaking at Forum 2001 on Leviticus 11-15

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View Talk 3 - Leviticus 16 Talk 3 - Leviticus 16
Justin Mote speaking at Forum 2001 on Leviticus 16

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View Talk 4 - Leviticus 17-27 Talk 4 - Leviticus 17-27
Justin Mote speaking at Forum 2001 on Leviticus 17-27

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View The Grace-filled Leader The Grace-filled Leader
John Risbridger speaking a Forum 2002 on 'The Grace-Filled Leader'

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View Romans 1:18-30, Vaughan Roberts Romans 1:18-30, Vaughan Roberts
Vaughan Roberts speaking at Forum 2002 on Romans 1:18-30

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View Romans 3:21-31, Vaughan Roberts Romans 3:21-31, Vaughan Roberts
Vaughan Roberts speaking at Forum 2002 on Romans 3:21-31

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View Romans 5:1-21, Vaughan Roberts Romans 5:1-21, Vaughan Roberts
Vaughan Roberts speaking at Forum 2002 on Romans 5:1-21

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View Mission and Maturity, Lindsay Brown Mission and Maturity, Lindsay Brown
Lindsay Brown speaking at Forum 2002 on Mission and Maturity

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