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The Joy of Lent

How can we rediscover the joy of Lent and move beyond self-improvement?

Resources for Lent 2017

We round up some of the best online resources to use for Lent this year – individually and in groups.

Students and Locals Team Up to Fight Hunger in Leeds

Emma Temple, student outreach worker at Leeds University Chaplaincy, reports from the recent ‘Big Conversation’ held for the #EndHungerUK campaign at All Hallows Church.

One student’s story of faith in Liverpool

A student in Liverpool shares her story of faith – cross-posted here from Ryan Cook’s blog.

All Are Welcome: Lessons from Roller Derby

Bec Wilkinson shares the lessons of welcome she has learned from playing roller derby.

Belonging: Finding Space for Room

SCM member Lea Appleby reflects on what it means to be part of God’s household.

On refusing

The way of Christ points to those farthest from the centres of power – and we must walk alongside them in resistance, says Kelly Colwell.

All Are Welcome: Nathan's Story

Nathan Olsen, a student at SCM Leeds, shares his story of being welcomed during a key transition period in life – moving home.

Who Brings About Change?

Andrew Topping from the University of Birmingham’s Methodist Society reflects on the process of social change, after a recent meeting with Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston.

The Challenge of Welcome

Susie Templeton reflects on what it truly means to be a place of welcome, and how St Luke’s Church, Southsea have sought to create a welcome in the midst of an increasingly hostile and divisive world.