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 seniors... learn more about preparing and sending your youth to thrive in college with our Prep for College resources, course and webinar training:Prep for College coursePrep for College workbookPrep for College webinarsHosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 conversation, and hear more from Rich on his SubstackHosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 values applicable to all of us whether we are in the Ivy league swirl or not. Enjoy!Learn more about Josh and his national role with the Vineyard here.Check out the church Josh leads here: Elm City Vineyard.Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 team also share hard won lessons around boundaries, burn out, and setting a different culture in our churches and discipleship in order to all live and set an example that speaks of good news. To follow along with the McKee's college student mission work you can find them here:Katy McKeeWorld Gospel MissionKendall McKeeFirst Alliance Church College MinistryHosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 day life. Check out The Barnabas Collective here: https://www.barnabascollective.orgGrab Zach & Jess' free resource "Redeeming Evangelism" here:  https://www.barnabascollective.org/redeemingevangelismAnd here they are for a follow:Barnabas CollectiveZach MeerkreebsJess CarrollFusion USAAlso, we mention a great equipping, interactive training from Fusion Movement called Mission Styles. Take the quiz and discover your style today! Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 for the sake of college student mission from leading voices in England & Wales and Scotland. The team also gathers some practical next steps for those of us in the US church who want to see greater unity and partnership across believers in the States too.You can see more of the good news from Fusion here:@hellofusionmovement & Aaron Nayagam@fusionscotland & Christa LythAnd a recent article about this specific story:Reconciliation and FriendshipHosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 about hosting a table in missional ways check out Alpha. To connect with Tre, follow him on instagram or find him here.Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 wisdom and learning to share with us as she grapples with reaching the next generation on their doorstep. You can check out the church, and follow Meg, at the links below:Church website: https://www.universitychristianchurch.net/Church insta: https://www.instagram.com/university__christian_church/Meg's insta: https://www.instagram.com/walk.with.meg/Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 Community 2026 with the Fusion team and many other local churches. Registration link here: https://www.fusionusa.org/coaching-community-2026/Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 season and have very mixed expectations and experiences about this transition. How can we welcome one another? Notice? Ask good questions? Build a sense of belonging even if only seasonally? All this and more on our final episode of 2025!Connect with Claire and Jeremiah on our website team page: https://www.fusionusa.org/who-we-are/  And on the gram:Fusion USAJeremiah ClaireShookMiriamHosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 stories from the movement at fusionmovement.org and @hellofusionmovement on instagram.Follow along with Mads on instaAnd Rob on insta too!Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 the socials.Find the reference to Fusion's prep for college resources here: https://www.fusionusa.org/prep-for-college/ Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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.Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 cultivating prayer in ministry are provided, along with insights on the role of scripture in prayer and the impact of prayer on college students. The conversation concludes with a heartfelt prayer for the church and a call to embrace the power of prayer in reaching and discipling young adults.Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 Fusion Movement. He loves students and God’s church and has championed the important role of local churches in student mission for over 25 years. He wants to invite a generation to a call less ordinary.Check out Rich's book A Call Less Ordinary, released in the US this week, grab your copy from Fusion USA's resource page now.Thanks for listening in to the podcast. We are here to host conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

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 strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students.Connect with us fusionusa.org Follow us on insta @hellofusionusaGet in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: [email protected] Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!