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Church Life
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Youth @ Bethesda
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Welcome University of Gloucestershire Students
Now that your at university, the next few years will be a huge change from what you are used to, possibly the first time really away from home in a new town with completely new people to meet and make friends with. This is hard enough to cope with, but if your a Christian facing this it can be even worse:
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new experiences will test your faith
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people you meet won't know what you believe
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will you go to church if no one else you know does?
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is a faith worth having?
CU Follow the link to read the college magazine article written by the current president, Rachel Lawson. |
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Chaplaincy
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The Chaplaincy Address: St Paul's Chapel |
"Sundays are for sleeping in late and getting over the week" - or are they?
Sundays
However Sundays are there for a reason and many Students also attend
a local church as well as the CU to become part of a community outside
of
the typical student circle.
Bethesda
Bethesda is a large caring Methodist Church near the center of Cheltenham
(visit the How to Find Us page
for full details), with a wide age range from the very young to the
rather
less old. Worship is a mix of styles,
including a music group and a choir providing
a blend of hymns and songs. We have excellent teaching from our
Minister, Mark Barrett, as well as a number
of local preachers with two services every Sunday at 10:30 am and 6:00
pm. The morning services are large with a children's address and communion
once a month; evenings are generally smaller and less intimidating.
At Bethesda we have several house groups that run all over Cheltenham at different days through the week and a youth group on Sunday evenings. At house groups there is a time for bible study, prayer and seeking to know God more in a small compact environment.
- You are very welcome to join us for Sunday services -
If you feel that you would like to try Bethesda then please join us one Sunday and see what you think. Tea and Coffee are provided after the morning services (unless we share communion - which is an open table so if you know Jesus then please feel free to share with us) so please join us afterwards in the hall behind the church. Visit the Who's Who page now to find out who the stewards are and when you come, introduce yourself to them and they will be happy to show you around. For more information or advice from a current student please email the webmaster.
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"When I arrived at university I was free, free from what I had left and free to be whoever I wanted to be. So I went for it, tried the drinking and clubbing and lived as everyone else. However after about a term I realised that there was something missing, and that I wasn't actually enjoying the hangovers. I spent a great deal of time thinking about my faith, I had come to uni as a Christian but what did that mean? Did I believe all that stuff? Who was this Jesus that these Christians kept on about and did he care for me? Shortly before Easter I found out that Jesus had actually died for me, that he loved me - this was personal! From then on I revisited the Christian Union, meeting people who had live and active faiths and who loved Jesus, and I also joined a Church to get spiritual food on a weekly basis. My life changed dramatically through my first year at university and I now have a friend for life in Jesus." |
Nick
Bailey
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