Church & College Students

For our final episode of the season we are joined by Dr Steve & Carol Stratton to explore the yearly work of sending and grieving as our students graduate.  There's forty years of lived experience as teachers, professors and parents in this one, alongside Steve's expertise as a therapist on the campus. Not to be missed! And for those of you with churches that also have high school se...

With the word "intergenerational" being used more and more in the hopes and hunger of the church, we wanted to talk about what this really looks like in practice. Rich Wilson, leader of Fusion Movement , has been doing a lot of living, thinking, and writing about Spiritual Parenting, and what participating in God's family, across generations, can really mean.  Enjoy this conversatio...

The team sat down for a brilliant conversation with Josh Williams, a pastor, national leader and passionate disciple of Jesus. Josh has so many experiences and insights to share about being an Ivy league student, reaching Ivy league schools, and pastoring a local church that connects with the Ivy League campus on their doorstep. You'll find as you listen however, that Josh has vision and valu...

As finals, deadlines and end of year events get closer on the horizon, so can feelings of overwhelm and anxiety for our college students. We've called in seasoned college pastors Katy and Kendall McKee to explore how to lead our students through these seasons with more health and resilience. April really starts to intensify for our students so we hope this episode hits ahead of that time! The...

This conversation is all about reigniting the call upon us all to participate in God's mission to love and rescue the world, and to find new hope and passion for evangelism.  Shook and Miriam get to chat with Zach and Jess about how we can all do evangelism, how this can reframe and refresh churches and how college students are being awakened to Jesus' way of walking on mission in every...

One of the biggest sources of encouragement we've been getting from the church in Europe, has been the increase in unity especially through prayer, and within emerging generations. Fusion has a recent and powerful story of breakthrough in UK-wide unity and the explosion of united prayer events with university students across the land.  In this episode, you can hear the stories of church unity...

A great conversation with our friend Tre Giles who is the National Director of College & University Engagement for Alpha USA. We explore the power of the table to invite and level spaces in equality and dignity, we chat the power of food to connect and express life, and the power of real conversations, questions and listening to open up relationships between people and Jesus. For more info abo...

This week we hear from Meg, the co-senior pastor of University Christian Church, Cincinnati. As you might be able to guess from the church's name, this community was planted decades ago to love, reach and disciple the university populations surrounding them, growing into an intergenerational church family as they go.   Meg stepped into leading the church about five years ago and has lots of w...

Welcome back to Season Two of the podcast! Your Fusion team hosts, Shook and Miriam, kick off the new year with a discussion around how local churches can move beyond seeing students on a Sunday randomly, to inviting, expecting and discipling students in their community. Plenty of practical equipping in this conversation, AND time still left to get you and your church on the Spring Coaching Commun...

Last episode of the season and this week we are talking all things coming home for the Christmas vacation! Claire and Jeremiah are the other members of the Fusion USA team, and along with Shook, have decades of student ministry experience and learning around navigating returning students during the holidays. We will all have people in our church families who return to "home" in this seas...

As a special gift this holiday season, we've got an episode stacked full of stories of college students coming to faith daily in the United Kingdom. Get ready for good news overload, as Shook and Miriam can barely stop the string of salvation stories pouring out of Mads and Rob from the Fusion team in England and Wales. This is an episode not to be missed and definitely one to share! Get more...

You're going to LOVE this conversation with Jo Saxton, leader, speaker, author... but in this season also staff on a university campus and mom to two college students! As always, Miriam and Shook are your Fusion team bringing you the chats and stories, check out our other episodes for more hot topics in the world of church and college students. Find Jo here: https://www.josaxton.com/ and on t...

Join your Fusion team hosts Brandon Shook and Miriam Swanson as they engage in a heartfelt conversation with Kendall McKee and Tre Calvin about cultivating discipleship and mission within college student communities. Discover how friendship and intentionality play a crucial role in spreading the gospel and empowering the next generation of leaders. Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your...

Welcome back to our latest conversation, this time with church leader Pam Tooley. This episode is FULL of stories of how international students can be loved and welcomed by the local church and even come to faith in Jesus during their time on campus. Be encouraged and as always, like, review, subscribe and share to never miss an episode and so more people find the conversations they need too. Host...

In this episode of the Church and College Students podcast, Fusion team hosts Shook and Miriam along with guest Chris Holguin, discuss the importance of creating a culture of prayer and God's presence within college ministries. They share personal stories and testimonies of how prayer has transformed lives and emphasize the need for young leaders to learn how to pray. Practical steps for cult...

Calling is such a major topic for college students, but how do we help young adults discover and follow the call of God on their lives? Listen in to Rich Wilson, as he discusses with Miriam and Shook his own journey of calling, how God's imagination for our lives changes everything, and what to practically do when you feel stuck trying to discern your next steps.  Rich Wilson is the leader of...

Why should the local church be at the heart of college student mission, and college students at the heart of the local church?  Join the Fusion USA team for the launch of our brand new podcast, with hosts Miriam and Shook. Hear how the team got called into the college student mission movement and consider... what might God be saying to you and your community too? Hosting conversations to strengthe...