by Abi Andrews | Jul 20, 2025 | Parents, youth and church leaders
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Friday afternoon marked my...
by Abi Andrews | Jun 29, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
Next week, from 1st-7th July, is ‘Create Week’ in the UK, celebrating creativity and its importance to wellbeing. Here at NISCU, we love being creative in all sorts of ways and love helping other people find their creative side too! At the beginning of this half term...
by Abi Andrews | Jun 22, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
This week, in a small year 7 youth group, we (Abi) were looking at the question ‘What happens when I compare myself with others?’ We thought about the disciples who argued over who was the greatest and Peter who asked Jesus what would be happening to John at the end...
by Abi Andrews | Jun 15, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
Psalm 68:5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. It’s a human instinct to try to replace what we’ve lost, or never had. I recently purchased a new mobile phone (well actually it was a pre-owned, refurbished device that’s about...
by Abi Andrews | Jun 8, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
Right at the start of human existence, when God was creating Adam, we read in Genesis 2:18, “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Being made in the image of God, who exists as a Trinity of Father, Son and...
by Abi Andrews | Jun 1, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
This week, from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June is Volunteer’s Week! This means we get to say a great big THANK YOU to all of our volunteers in NISCU. We are so grateful to all those who regularly and faithfully go into schools, advise and direct our staff and generally...
by Abi Andrews | May 25, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
‘Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it…..Keep company with me’ 1 Peter 3:15 ‘Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.’ The Creme Egg...
by Abi Andrews | May 18, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
Sunday 18th May is “International Children’s Day”. It’s a chance for us to celebrate what makes children extra special and to acknowledge what it is we left behind when we stepped into the realm of being “grown-ups”. Children display a full range of unhidden emotions,...
by Abi Andrews | May 12, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post
This week is Mental Health Week and SATs week – which seems a juxtaposition of events, if ever there was one! Young people are put under such pressure these days, academically and emotionally. As OFSTED is such a blunt instrument, schools are under pressure to...
by niscu | May 11, 2025 | Social Media Weekly Post, Week of Vision and Prayer 2025
Sunday: Then Jesus served them “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus said. So, Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn’t torn. “Now come and have some breakfast!” Jesus said. None of the...
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