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The Power of a Seed

It can be exhausting to keep putting yourself out there yet see no apparent fruit. It can make me think, ‘why bother?’ Sometimes, I may be tempted to question the power of the Gospel altogether.

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Standing for Christ as the only Christian in my College

Hello, everyone! I’m from sunny North East Wales, near Llangollen and I am studying Countryside Management at an agricultural college nearby. I love wildlife, and over lockdown I brushed up on my gardening skills and plants have now become a bit of an obsession of mine! I started college in September 2019. We learnt how to drive tractors, conduct wildlife surveys and went on trips to woodlands. Every day was different! It was awesome! Now I am half way through my second year. They trust us with larger tractors, chainsaws and woodchippers! I love my course!

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Daniel McShee
In you, Lord, I have taken refuge

What a week. You know something is going down when even McDonald’s has shut. A couple of weeks ago, some of you were facing mounting exam pressure. You may have worked so hard to sit those final exams, and now, it feels like the rug has been pulled from under your feet.

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Daniel McShee
Share The Light

It was the middle of the night. We were staying in a cottage in the New Forest. We had only been married a year and my husbands’ family had invited us to come on holiday with them. Everyone was sleeping soundly…That was until the blood-curdling scream.

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This will be the year I …........

This will be the year I do my assignments straight away and not leave them to the last minute.  This will be the year I eat salad at lunch rather than the daily slab of pizza. This will be the year I make a revision diary. This will be the year that I really value and look after my friends. This will be the year that I’m not going to be grumpy with my family after college.

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God is already there

Festive is a national mission partner of Scripture Union (SU) and we share the same heart to see the gospel reach the thousands of young people out there who are not in church. We have been really excited and inspired by SU’s ’95 campaign’ and so asked Tim Hastie-Smith, the national director of SU, to share a bit about where it came from….

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Worship and Water Butts

Suppose your day is turning out to be a bit rubbish. I hope it isn’t, but let’s imagine it is. On this imaginary bad day, when you are longing for something better - where is it that your daydreams take you? What is the future that you hope for?

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Practical tips for exam stress

So they have arrived. Exams. Your years of study all comes down to these next few weeks. There is no doubt about it that exam stress is real and can so easily overwhelm you, so here are some tips to help you cope with the pressure.

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