This week in our Explore Club was about prayer. We were a little disappointed at the start of the session because there was a clash and some students couldn’t come. Despite that we carried on as plann...  Read More

Values and Actions Last week I had the privilege of running a selection bootcamp for 9 students who had applied to be their school student leaders for the coming year. We set up several tasks to test ...  Read More

The last few weeks in Harpenden schools we have run a couple of Grill a Christian lessons with Year 11 and Year 13 students. We have started each session with each member of the panel sharing their pe...  Read More

“Leadership is Influence” a quote from John C Maxwell, was the thread that ran through our second ever Step Leadership Conference. We gathered 70 sixth formers from 6 different schools, to help them l...  Read More

Last week, I taught three different Verulam Year 7 classes our slightly revamped Arguments for the Existence of God lesson (and there are 2 more later this week). The lesson explored three main argume...  Read More

In some ways it's hard to believe that Illuminate Cafe is over a year old. We opened our doors on Thursday 5th January 2023 and a year on it is even more wonderful than I imagined it would be.  Often,...  Read More

“I had the best time on Saturday evening!” Is just some of the wonderful feedback I’ve heard so far about the Illuminate Cathedral event that Step was a part of on Saturday evening. It was amazing to ...  Read More

I don't know if you've heard, but, Step is recruiting.  We are looking for a new Schools Coordinator.  It's really hard to explain what a Schools Coordinator does.every day is so different that narrow...  Read More

Anyone who was interested in finding out “what youth think” was in for a treat on Thursday evening, as Step and Churches Together in St Albans hosted their first ever joint event addressing this very ...  Read More

Last weekend a number of us attended the NYMW a Christian youth work conference organised by Youthscape. It is a brilliant time away where you can refocus on God with lots of opportunities to worship ...  Read More

We have had a fantastic week at Sir John Lawes, helping the whole school hear stories from some Asylum Seekers and begin to think about how they can help.Just before the summer, we had the opportunity...  Read More

Last week I had a wonderful opportunity to accompany the Katherine Warington year 7 students on their residential trip. With about 160 young people attending and 4 coaches to take them to the Manor Ad...  Read More