SOAS Christian Union

Events Week! Anyone and Everyone Welcome

soascu — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:12 +0000

Evening events@ All Souls Langham Place: meet 6.30pm in the JCR for refreshments-then we will walk over to Langham Place together. Or feel free to make your own way there too: directions/map here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=0,0,243531740993178387&fb=1&hq=langham+place+all+souls&hnear=0x47d8a00baf21de75:0x52963a5addd52a99,London&gl=uk&daddr=2+All+Souls+Pl,+London+W1B+3DA&geocode=0,51.518017,-0.143198

Also on Friday lunchtime in the JCR we will be having a joint study and discussion about a small passage in Luke’s Gospel. Text Pontus on 07552752736 or Jeni on 07846970632 for more information.

There will also be Bible Stall on Russell Sq. Campus every day of next week-come along for chat, to pick up a Bible in your first language, or language of study, or just come and say hi!

London Students Carol Service

soascu — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:14:54 +0000

All Souls Langham Place,

Tuesday 6th December

7.30pm!

Meet SOAS Russ SQ, steps@7.00pm

William Lane-Craig Lecture: Can you be good without God?

soascu — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:19:03 +0000

William Lane Craig is a world renowned Philosopher and author of over 25 books and hundreds of academic articles. He has debated many well known atheists including Christopher Hitchins, Peter Atkins and Sam Harris. He is touring the UK this October and speaking at Universities across London.

Come along to find out more-can you truly be good without God?

18th October

6.30pm-8pm

ULU Building

(Malet Suite, 2nd Floor, WC1E 7HY)

Term Plan (Sept-Dec)

soascu — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:16:29 +0000

Church Search! Sunday Oct 2nd/9th/16th

soascu — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:55:46 +0000

We are going to be visiting local churches for the first 3 Sundays in October to help anyone looking for a church!

2nd Oct:

All Souls Clubhouse-meet SOAS steps@ 10.30am (contact Ella 07840203332)

Revelation Church-meet SOAS steps@3pm (contact Esther 07903679733)

St. Helens-meet SOAS steps @ 5pm (contact Hattie 07851307696)

9th October:

Christchurch-meet SOAS steps@10.30am

KXC-meet SOAS steps @ 3.15pm (contact Jeni 07846970632)

All Souls Langham Place, meet SOAS steps@6pm (contact Pontus 077552752736)

16th Oct:

Kings Cross Baptist Church-meet SOAS steps@10.30am

Euston Church Plant: meet SOAS steps@ 4.45pm

New Committee 2011-2012

soascu — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:27:30 +0000

Left to Right:

Leticia Mgonga, BA Economics, 3nd year

Jeni Kent, BA Study of Religion, 2nd year

Pontus Ljungberg, (President) BA Chinese and History, 4th year

Hattie Gemmill, BA Chinese, 3rd year

Freshers Week events

soascu — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:08:07 +0000

The SOAS Christian Union is present at SOAS to support Christian students in their walk with Jesus, and to help other students to look into his life and claims,supported by the evidence presented in the Bible. We are a diverse bunch of SOASians united first and foremost in the good news of Jesus Christ, in spite of all varying ethnic, cultural or church backgrounds.

Pre-Freshers Week bring and share meal/planning/prayer this saturday!

soascu — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:58:56 +0000

Details for Saturday evening have finally been confirmed!!! We are meeting at 6.30pm, at Kings Cross Baptist Church (next to Vernon Sq).

We are planning a bring a share meal, so it would be great if you could bring a dish to contribute! (I think there is only hot water facilities and maybe a microwave).

We’re going to be preparing freshers packs, (eating food!), briefly going through the plans for freshers week and asking people to sign up for shifts on the Bible stall/ at the freshers fayre. So please bring your diary, and if you can’t make it on Saturday then please let us know if you want to help during the week.

We’re also going to take an offerring for freshers events, so it would be great if you could carry on praying for the weeks plans and what God might be asking you to give financially.

Please let us know if you are planning on coming. (soascu@googlemail.com)

Hope you all have a good few last days of the summer.

Look forward to seeing you soon

Pontus, Hattie, Leticia and Jeni (SOAS CU Committee 2011-2012)

7.14 Parliament Prayer, Tuesday 15th March,7.14pm-8.14pm

soascu — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:37:12 +0000

An hour of prayer for our Nation and Leaders.

A visible statement of faith.A brandless, grassroots, flashmob event.For everyone, led by students.

Bring candles, glow sticks, lights of all kinds.

Students, Young People, Church, rise up!

Let your light be seen.

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Catch the vision. SPREAD THE WORD.

The Vision

“Into the darkness you shine. Out of the ashes we rise.”

We’ve been singing these words in Church recently, and what amazing words they are.

But what if these words could actually become visible? What if we could literally see a gathering of God’s people, that displayed the light of Christ in the heart of this City, and saw the Church rise up in an apathetic age?

I believe God is calling his Church to come together, for a ‘one night only’ event in London. A statement of faith and unity, that will capture hearts and minds, and bring healing and change to the nation.

Some time ago, just after the first student protest, I was praying about student ministry in general and for God to move on campus. At that moment, I had a picture. In my mind’s eye I saw the Houses of Parliament, and a gathering of people in front of it, holding candles and praying. In an instant I knew they were students, coming together to pray for their Government and Leaders.

I believe God wants to see Parliament Square full of people, coming from all over, carrying candles and praying for our nation and leaders. Whilst at first I thought it would be just for students, I now feel it will be much broader. I believe this event (called ‘7:14’ after 2 Chronicles 7:14) is an opportunity for the WHOLE Church, young and old, to come together in a very public and visible way, to bless the nation and be seen by its people. A beautiful image of what the Church is called to be. A visible sign of what the Church is called to do.

But whilst it will be an event for everyone, I believe students and young people will lead it, mobilising themselves to come together, in the opposite spirit to that of the protests, choosing to pray for the government, even when they may not agree with its policies. As they take the lead, I believe the wider Church will follow, and a significant and visible statement will be made by the Church in Central London.

This is a one off event, and my aim is for it to be as anonymous, brandless and grassroots as possible. No agendas. No platforms. Just a call to pray.

As for 7:14 itself, it’s all about simplicity. We’ll come together in a window of time. The rest will just happen as it does, and as God’s Spirit blows. There’ll be no public address, or gathering spot, no sense of a centre at all, just the People of God coming together as one for an hour of prayer and light for the nation. We’ll meet at 7.14pm in Parliament Square, and we’ll just take things from there. Walking, standing, praying, blessing. Seeking God together. It will rise up from the ground and then seemingly disappear, peaceable and beautiful, apparently unenduring, but something will have changed, and God in his mercy will have heard.

One People. One Prayer. One Purpose.
One hour, to see our Nation changed.

Afflicted not crushed; persecuted not forsaken; struck down, not destroyed

soascu — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:51:32 +0000

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

—2 Corinthians 4:8-11

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

—1 Peter 4:12-14, 16

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

—John 15:18-20