{"id":1597,"date":"2013-10-18T09:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.183.22.105\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:19:02","slug":"winning-at-life-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/winning-at-life-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning at Life on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1597\" class=\"elementor elementor-1597\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1baf316b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1baf316b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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Over the years, Agap\u00e9 UK teams up and down the country have been coming up with great ideas to help Freshers discover Jesus even in their first few weeks on campus.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>At Newcastle University, the team offered students a chance to win a moral dilemma: <i>Streets vs Beats <\/i>(a variation on the\u00a0<i>Goat vs iPod<\/i> competition)<i>.\u00a0<\/i>The winner got to choose between a donation to a local homeless charity and a pair of Dr Dre Beats Headphones, but the process of engaging in the competition led many to think about what they really want in life, and also to many meaningful conversations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>At the University of Birmingham, the team gave out free sweets, pens and trolley coins from a wheelbarrow, which helped to grow connections with students and then invited them to their weekly community nights. President Kate Newton said:<\/p><p>&#8220;God was clearly at work. We shared with many people about what we do, invited them to our events and had some great conversations!&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b223e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b223e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ae81c4d\" data-id=\"1ae81c4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17edbfa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17edbfa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/01\/element5-digital-jCIMcOpFHig-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"element5-digital-jCIMcOpFHig-unsplash\" alt=\"element5-digital-jCIMcOpFHig-unsplash\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-affbd21\" data-id=\"affbd21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bd4fdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16bd4fdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Birmingham and Oxford ran a poll at their Freshers&#8217; Fairs asking, \u2018Is God Real?\u2019 At Oxford, 1,000 students entered the poll in total with some interesting results:<\/p><p>Definitely &#8211; 340, <br \/>Probably &#8211; 153<br \/>Not Sure: 231<br \/>Probably Not &#8211; 333<br \/>Definitely Not &#8211; 233<br \/>Don\u2019t Care &#8211; 103\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition to gaining an insight into the thoughts of students, the poll created opportunities for many interesting spiritual discussions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c07ffe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c07ffe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d0ce8b\" data-id=\"3d0ce8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c0c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67c0c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In London the team hosted a BBQ social and a football event, which enabled them to build relationships with students and form new contacts, whilst also serving the university.<\/p><p>Nottingham ran an event called\u00a0<i>Drunk Decisions<\/i>, in which staff members Ben Evans and Jonny Staton shared their alcohol-themed stories of how they came to know Jesus personally.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-214cc73\" data-id=\"214cc73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3236bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3236bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2019\/12\/IMG_9449-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"IMG_9449\" alt=\"IMG_9449\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-822057a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"822057a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05038ad\" data-id=\"05038ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca22fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ca22fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oliver Gillespie, a student at the University of Nottingham, describes his experience of the Freshers&#8217; 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