Students

At Moorlands we believe that your time at University is a crucial time to grow as a Christian by playing an active part in the mission of a local church. We want to do all we can to help you make the most of this opportunity and to make sure you are strengthened in faith, stretched, trained and equipped through God’s word for a lifetime of serving Jesus in Lancaster and beyond.

Our priorities as a community of Christian people are evangelism, Bible teaching and training. There is a wide range of people who make up Moorlands, but we do aim to make it a great church family for students and international students who want to be taught, stretched and trained during their time in Lancaster and who want to play an active part in Christ’s work.

What’s on for students

Sundays at 10.30am

Our Sunday morning meetings happen at the Sixth Form Centre, Ripley St Thomas C of E High School, Ashton Road. Our main church family meeting is where we hear and respond to God’s word together. As well as clear Bible teaching and contemporary music, we also allow plenty of time to get to know each other over coffee. See the Term Card on the Welcome Desk for this term’s Bible teaching programme or click the button on the right to download our special student term card.

Real Food on Sundays at 6.00pm

Real Food for students happens at the Sixth Form Centre, Ripley St Thomas C of E High School, Ashton Road. Our Real Food programme aims to stretch, train and equip young adults and students in understanding the Bible and sharing the gospel with others. Click here to go to the Real Food page for more details about Student Real Food.

Transport

We offer transport from Lancaster University campus to our Sunday morning meetings and to Real Food in the evening. Cars pick students up from the drop off point outside the Chaplaincy Centre at 10am for the Sunday morning meeting and at 5.45pm for Real Food. For more information email transport@moorlands.org.uk.

One-to-one discipleship

Friendship with a purpose! As part of the Real Food programme we encourage students to meet informally but regularly with an older Christian for Bible study, prayer and encouragement.

Student lunches

Student lunches and outings happen every Sunday in October and on the first Sunday of the month in term time after that. These provide opportunities to get to know each other better and to get to know other members of our church family. There are also discussions of the morning sermons as well as occasional talks.

During the first term, regular student lunches will be happening. See the table below for details of dates and venues.

Christianity Explored

A chance to explore the message of the Bible with members of the church in a relaxed setting over several weeks. Click here for more information. Alternatively, you can ask at the Welcome Desk on a Sunday morning for more details, or indicate your interest on the blue slip attached to the notice sheet.

Mid Year Conference

Our Mid-Year Conference is a great chance for students to go away together to hear from God's word and get to know each other. Click here for more details.

Ministry Training

We want to equip all our students for life after Uni. The main way we do that is through our Real Food programme, but there are other opportunities to serve and be trained at Moorlands both during and after your time at University. Click here for more details.

Attention All International Students!

We have plenty to offer internationals studying in Lancaster, and those for whom English is not their first language. Click here for more details. 

Moorlands is a church where the Good News is preached in a way that is accessible yet profound. There is a solid support network for students, with dedicated Sunday evening ‘Real Food’ groups, in which we have been studying Mark’s Gospel. I had never done an expository study of any Book of the Bible before, so it was a great opportunity and challenge. There is also a ‘One to One’ discipleship program, where I was placed with a Ministry Trainee, and our ongoing study of the letter to the Hebrews has been my single most useful lesson in my Christian life so far at Lancaster. The Mid-Year Conference on the Holy Spirit was also extremely useful. People at Moorlands have personally encouraged me and the church has been an anchor to the Gospel in the difficult period which all students face in settling into a new environment, helping me form close friendships with regular members of the church as well as other students.

  Iain Armour, former Lancaster University student, now a Legal Researcher at the Christian Institute

For more information about any of the student work at Moorlands, please feel free to contact our Student Worker Felicity Hargreaves by clicking here.