Revealed: untold story of students in Covid

Milla Ling  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jan 2021
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Revealed: untold story of students in Covid

St George's CU members preparing gifts to give to freshers

Many of us are aware of the difficulties that students have faced this year; Covid outbreaks on campus, intense loneliness and even protests against extreme restrictions – it is becoming a sadly familiar story. But underneath and alongside this, runs another, lesser-known story of the innovation and passion shown by the Christian Unions.

Faced with a tough and completely different context, the CUs courageously rose to the challenge and tried exciting new ways of sharing the hope of Jesus within the universities.

Pioneering events

With many universities running 100% of their teaching online, and the novelty of Zoom wearing thin, it quickly became a challenge to make Jesus known virtually – but rather than dampening the CUs’ mission, this simply yielded fresh ideas.

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