Do you want to share your faith with your friends, but don’t know how!?
“Organising a carnival-themed launch party which will attract and entertain a couple of hundred students is always going to be a challenge. However, it was a challenge that I and the amazing team at HTB Students and Student Alpha were willing to accept. Fortunately for us, the appeal of free food and drink was incentive enough to persuade 250 students to descend upon Holy Trinity Brompton, Onslow Square.
Hours of hanging bunting and balloons, popping corn and spinning candyfloss culminated in an amazing evening. There was a real buzz as guests enjoyed the carnival stalls while “friendly” competition was encouraged on the gladiator duel. (Which is a lot harder than it looks, as the bruise on my arm a week later proved!!)
I chatted to so many new people, many of whom had never stepped foot into a church before, let alone a church full of young people, with Justin Timberlake blaring out of the speakers and plenty of free alcohol!
But the launch party was just the beginning! Five SA courses then took place throughout London, run by students, for students.
At my SA, we ate dinner at my flat, watched the talk on the TV and then took the conversation over to the local bowling alley, where we get to chat and have a laugh at my pitiful attempts at bowling!
Each week is a mixture of fear and excitement, wondering whether anyone will actually show up... However, God is so faithful, we have had at least 3 non-Christians turn up each week and there were some great conversations and moments where things like the cross and faith have started to make sense to people. God did some amazing things through the course and we would definitely do it again.” Hannah is a student who attends Holy Trinity Brompton. Alpha is a practical introduction to the Christian faith, aimed particularly at non-churchgoers and new Christians. The course can be customised for any context and is running in over 163 countries worldwide, in homes, prisons, universities, schools, and churches of every Christian denomination.
Alpha can be customised to fit whatever culture, community or demographic you belong too. Recently the Students at Holy Trinity Brompton Church in South Kensington launched and then ran some Alpha’s all over London. For more info about running an Alpha for Students go to . We’d love to hear from you!