Student mental health and the pandemic: webinar on 14th December

We will be hosting a free webinar on Monday 14th December on the vital and timely topic of student mental health and the pandemic.

This is a free event aimed at supporting university chaplains and anyone else who is interested in this topic. It will take place from 10.30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

“The conditions created by the pandemic have taken their toll on the mental health of students. Chaplains are increasingly having to deal with issues connected with mental health, but may lack confidence to do so. This webinar aims to give chaplains access to the latest thinking from both institutional and student perspectives, and to signpost further sources of information and support.”

— Event organisers

Our speakers will be Dr Ruth Caleb, MBE who is Chair of the Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education (MWBHE) Working Group and Pete Gaffney who is Student Engagement Officer from Student Minds.

The event will be chaired by Revd Dr Stephen Heap, Chair of the Free Church HE Working Group.

Please register for the webinar using the link below

(cover photo courtesy of Deniz Altindas at Unsplash)

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Student Mental Health | FREE webinar | 14th Dec

We will be hosting a free webinar on Monday 14th December on the vital and timely topic of student mental health and the pandemic.

This is a free event aimed at supporting university chaplains and anyone else who is interested in this topic. It will take place from 10.30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

“The conditions created by the pandemic have taken their toll on the mental health of students. Chaplains are increasingly having to deal with issues connected with mental health, but may lack confidence to do so. This webinar aims to give chaplains access to the latest thinking from both institutional and student perspectives, and to signpost further sources of information and support.”

— Event organisers

Our speakers will be Dr Ruth Caleb, MBE who is Chair of the Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education (MWBHE) Working Group and Pete Gaffney who is Student Engagement Officer from Student Minds.

The event will be chaired by Revd Dr Stephen Heap, Chair of the Free Church HE Working Group.

Please register for the webinar using the link below

(cover photo courtesy of Sonaal Bangera at Unsplash)

RE teaching resources: The Reformation

If you are involved in teaching RE or leading children’s and youth groups at churches, you may find these resources interesting, as you plan for the new term: Reforming Christianity. 

There is a resource for Key Stages 2-4. These resources were commissioned by the Free Churches Group and The Methodist Church, sponsored by the Westhill Endowment and produced in association with RE Today Services.

These can be downloaded:

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Good news from Pray for Schools!

I was delighted to take part and support Pray Day for Schools this year. It was a powerful prayerful day together and so I am pleased to be able to share the recent update from Pray for Schools all about this Day - if you weren’t able to make it or want to find out more, there are all sorts of updates and resources in their newsletter below. (Sara Iles FCG education assistant).

”Dear praying friends,
Thank you so much for joining us for our Pray Day Zooms on 17 November. We were thrilled to see you and be a part of the wonderful ongoing prayer and support for our schools across the UK. We look forward to hearing how God answers our prayers. At the 5.30 session someone shared a picture of a mature oak tree with us. She felt it related to the flourishing of God’s people in school communities and being a planting for His splendour. I’m sure many of us have seen how Christians can make such a difference in our schools. We hope that the genuine, authentic experience of God helping us to come through the Covid challenges will be a beacon to others searching for meaning and hope…. (Isaiah 61:3). We pray that this will happen in your local area. We promised to send you the links from the day. The full resources can be found on the Pray For Schools website.
The Ten Ways to Pray pdf can be found below and other prayers are here including a meditative prayer for your school community.
To sign up for our termly newsletter and to let us and others know which schools you are praying for, please click here or email Jane.
We are planning similar prayer events during Love Our Schools fortnight (31st January – 14th February) - working with Lichfield and Worcester Diocese as well as our PFS partners on some national zoom days. We will keep you posted!
Do send us feedback from the day along with any answered prayers and encouragement you may have received.

With best wishes Jane Newey PFS England Coordinator Claire Wall PFS Wales Coordinator “

(photo courtesy of Dev Benjamin at Unsplash)

“to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.”

— Isaiah 61:3 NRSV

Webinar 14th December - student mental health & the pandemic

We will be hosting a free webinar on Monday 14th December on the vital and timely topic of student mental health and the pandemic.

This is a free event aimed at supporting university chaplains and anyone else who is interested in this topic. It will take place from 10.30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Our speakers will be Dr Ruth Caleb, MBE who is Chair of the Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education (MWBHE) Working Group and Pete Gaffney who is Student Engagement Officer from Student Minds.

The event will be chaired by Revd Dr Stephen Heap, Chair of the Free Church HE Working Group.

Please register for the webinar using the link below

(photo courtesy of Deniz Altindas at Unsplash)