Today marks World AIDS Day ❤️ We're taking a moment to remember those we have lost across the world, while also looking forward and reflecting on how we can love our neighbour and help to bring an end to the stigma still attached to those living with HIV/AIDS .

The SCM Christmas Appeal launches TODAY! This year we're aiming to raise £10,000 to continue our work of creating, supporting and sustaining inclusive Christian communities where students can find a place to be and belong. Will you help us reach our goal? Donate here: buff.ly/YnKSyjS 🙏

Cat reflects on the 'Ace & Faith' event hosted in Ace Week 2025 with Ace Space LDN. Our panel came from a variety of faith backgrounds, each sharing elements of their personal stories. 💜🩶 Read the full blog: buff.ly/wXu3nfm The event was recorded, and we’ll be sharing more content soon 👀

🕊️ Our Faith in Action worker Cat attended the Sabeel-Kairos 'From Lament to Liberation' conference - a powerful call to keep standing for Palestinian freedom and dignity. As Rev’d Ashraf Tannous reminded us: Jesus never stayed silent against injustice. 🇵🇸

Tomorrow 👀 Issue 172 is jam-packed, including an interview with @revlizzie.bsky.social, reflections from SCM members on the life and legacy of Walter Bruggemann, finding the divine in the everyday, and how waiting shapes our faith, plus the latest updates from the movement!

I utterly adore that there's a Venn diagram of Quakers and lesbians at a protest. Thanks @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social! www.quaker.org.uk/blog/why-are...

We're hosting Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas later this month! Yes, THE Kelly Brown Douglas - one of the most important living Womanist theologians. I am actually beyond excited about this, so please sign up! Online at 7pm on the 28th Oct. londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/eigp7...

📢 New on the SCM blog: “The UN Has Spoken: Understanding the UN’s Gaza Genocide Ruling” by Lizzy Norman‑Sargent With a background in genocide studies and political theory, Lizzy reflects on what this means, why it matters, and why silence is not an option. Read here: buff.ly/GtDZbm2

🎉 Meet Cat! Demisexual theatre-lover, MA Politics grad + SCM’s Faith in Action Project Worker. She’s hosting Ace & Faith with Ace Space LDN 💜🩶 📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm (online) 🔗 Sign up free: buff.ly/BY4h37F Come for the stories, stay for the community. ✨

🎉 Meet Rachel! Asexual researcher, choral singer + PhD grad in digital health. She’s joining us for Ace & Faith with @AceSpaceLDN 💜🩶 📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm (online) 🔗 Sign up free: buff.ly/BY4h37F That’s our full panel - see you there! ✨

🎉 Meet Aryam! Aroace + queer Kuwaiti refugee, writer, poet + community organiser with a focus on Domestic Violence + decoloniality. Excited to share her story for Ace & Faith 💜🩶 📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm, online 🔗 Free sign-up: buff.ly/BY4h37F More panellists coming soon! 👀

🎉 Meet Gaby! AceSpaceLDN organiser, former librarian and local government worker. Excited to share her story for Ace & Faith 💜🩶 📅 22 Oct, 7:30-9:30pm, online 🔗 Free sign-up: buff.ly/BY4h37F More panellists coming soon! 👀

🎉 Meet Abigail, our first panellist ! Chair of Trustees at SCM, PhD student, and aroace. Excited to have her share her story for Ace & Faith with Ace Space LDN 💜🩶 📅 Weds 22 Oct, 7:30-9:30pm, online via Teams 🔗 Sign up FREE: buff.ly/BY4h37F More panellists coming soon - stay tuned! 👀

💜🩶 Ace Week 2025 is just around the corner and we're teaming up with Ace Space LDN for a special panel on Ace and Faith. 📆 Weds 22 Oct 🕐 7:30–9:30pm 🔗 Microsoft Teams — sign up FREE: buff.ly/Z05GLmD Hear from asexual people of faith as they share their journeys, questions, and hope.

Cat shares their top five tips for your first protest. Whether you are a protest newbie or a seasoned pro, she hopes these tips will set you up for a successful day of activism!🪧✊ Read the full blog at:

Cat shares what it was like to step into their first protest, what she learned, and how it helped her see protest as an expression of faith, community, and justice 🪧 ✊

Check out our new resource for Asking Important People Difficult Questions:

👋We want to say goodbye and good luck to Naomi, Phoebe, and Soph as they begin their new journeys. We will miss you all!

📢 Going to uni in September? Already got a student bank account? 💷 Here are some tips for switching and choosing an ethical bank. Ignore those 'perks' and choose something that aligns with your values! 🕊️Check out our bank switching resource for more information: buff.ly/qFxoWOL

Last year for #DisabilityHistoryMonth we ran a pop-up campaign of Honest Church all about disability access for communities. As part of this, SCM's Access and Inclusion Rep, Sorrel, created an access toolkit for SCM communities, to help them look at and improve their inclusion of disabled members ⬇️

Looking for a new role where you can make a huge difference? SCM are looking to hire a Senior Administrator to lead the administration function of our small but mighty charity 💪🏼 Applications close this Thursday 7th August at 12noon. Find out more and apply at buff.ly/D9Vjf0c 🌈❤️

📖New blog! Our friend Rosie from @justmoneymvt has written a blog all about how you can be an activist through your pension! Read the blog on our website, and download the resource we have created with JustMoney! buff.ly/iHhaGyQ

👣 Peace Pilgrimage to DSEI 📅 01 - 08 Sep 2025 📍 A walking pilgrimage from Oxford to the EXCEL centre in London. Walking for peace, in witness against the DSEI arms fair. Get the key details and register: buff.ly/y5dp9OC

✨WE'RE HIRING! ✨ Are you a highly-organised, unflappable administrator with the ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner? We're looking for someone to lead the administration function of our small but mighty charity 💪 Interested? Head to buff.ly/W1qRrud to find out more & apply!

In this episode of the podcast we are joined by Charlotte, the director of @sabeelkairosuk and Matthew from FaithJustice, to discuss Palestine, the Arms Trade and UK complicity. ❤️💚🖤🤍Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

📢 Call out! We are making an archive of resources, books, and videos exploring theology and what brought us to our progressive and inclusive views. We need you to send suggestions of what helped you! Email us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram ✊🕊️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Swipe for an update on our Disability Campaign group from SCM Member Sorrel! ➡️ If you're a student who is passionate about social justice, DM us to join our Disability Rights Campaign WhatsApp 💌

What does community mean to you? 🤔

📣 We're looking for a Senior Administrator to join our team! 📣 If you are a highly-organised administrator with the ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner, we'd love to receive your application for this role! To find out more head to buff.ly/Y2vH9tq 🔗

➡️ Come along for an afternoon exploring faith in action and how we create a fairer, greener world. With talks from experts and SCM-ers, and a veggie/vegan buffet! 🗓️ Weds 8th October 2025 🕙 4.30pm - 8pm 📍 @lutherkingcentre.bsky.social Book your place: buff.ly/Q7F2xuw ✨

If I didn't already have a job next year I'd definitely be applying - SCM is a wonderful organisation and the faith in action worker will do great work supporting progressive Christian students in the UK

I'll miss this job so much but I'm excited to see where the project goes next!

✨ JOIN OUR TEAM! ✨ Do you want to make a difference to the lives of students and equip them to put their faith into action? SCM is looking for a recent graduate to spend a year working with us to continue to build on the work of our successful Faith in Action project! More info: buff.ly/w2UcG6a 🎉

Soph is here to tell you why they've loved being SCM's Faith in Action Project Worker this year, and why you should apply to be our Project Worker for 2025/26! ⬇️ Head to buff.ly/Y2vH9tq to find out more and apply! (Link in bio)

“We can begin the process of making community wherever we are." - bell hooks, 'All About Love: New Visions'

📢This could be you! SCM is looking to appoint a Faith in Action Project Worker to join our team!! For this particular workshop we teamed up with @sabeelkairosuk to encourage students to divest. Link in bio to apply! Closing date for applications: 17th July 2025 at 12 noon

✨What's on this month with the Trans* Theology Group? Sessions are open to all SCM Members! Please email [email protected] for the link to join the sessions, or to be added to the WhatsApp chat 🏳️‍⚧️

📢 COME AND JOIN OUR TEAM!! 📢 Are you a recent graduate who wants to make a difference to the lives of students and equip them to put their faith into action? 👀 SCM is looking to appoint a Faith in Action Project Worker to join our small and dynamic staff team!! Find out more: buff.ly/3u8MiFM 🫶

✍️Radicalised by Being Alive; How my life shaped my activism. Soph, one of our Faith in Action Project Workers, reflects on their life and how their experiences have made them radical in their activism. Read more at movement.org.uk/blog 🔗

A few snaps from our recent National Gathering in London! We had a wonderful day of worship, crafting, hearing from inspiring speakers, and being and belonging together as a community (with a smidge of heatwave and a lot of water) 😅 Rewatch the talks from the day over on YouTube: buff.ly/PVBXLU9

📢New blog! Did you know you can be an activist through your pensions? I didn't until we teamed up with @justmoneymvt for our latest resource. Read our latest blog and have a browse through our new resource whilst you're at it!💴

SCM Young Voices is back at @GreenbeltFestival for 2025!! We're looking for 4 more up and coming Gen Z theologians* to come and talk at Greenbelt about what matters to them. Applications invited from students and recent graduates: buff.ly/Ab3EYvx 🎉 *no qualifications necessary!

In collaboration with the Peace Pilgrimage we met with Rosie from JustMoney movement to discuss the DSEI arms fair, and how our banking and personal finances could be contributing to the machine of war. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

💬Exploring Vocation with Soph Day Over the summer, with the help of our friends, we're exploring how our call can be understood as vocation! Soph, who's call is in academia and higher education, shared their experiences with us over on our blog! Head to movement.org.uk/blog to read more 🔗

✨ New Resource! ✨ There is power in where we put our money, and especially so in where our pension is being invested. In this new resource, in collaboration with Just Money Movement, we'll guide you through the what, why, & how of ethical pensions. Head to buff.ly/7yCKmlT to download!

One book mentioned here is Bearing Witness by @drkatiecross.bsky.social and @karenod.bsky.social - find out more here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

If you’re a UK student/SCM friend/SCM alumni come join Trans Theology Group online to fill in the EHRC consultation this Wednesday evening! Email [email protected] for more details and the zoom link.

Come and fill out the EHRC consultation with the Trans* Theology Group! Wednesday 25th June, 7.30pm - 9pm. Open to all SCM members and those eligible for membership. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

💬Exploring Vocation with Phoebe Edmonds Over the summer, with the help of our friends, we're exploring how our call can be understood as vocation! Phoebe, who's call is in community theatre, shared her experiences with us over on our blog! Head to movement.org.uk/blog to read more 🔗

If you can't join us in person, join us online! We'll be livestreaming talks at 11.20, 12.20, and 15.30 this Saturday at our National Gathering. Don't forget to click the bell to be notified when we go live: buff.ly/dUntXfS