1. Culture Vulture

Get hold of an academic diary and aim to host an outreach event on or around a particular day: Pancake day, Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day…

Top tip: Check out the trending page for specific ideas for each day at the right time of year!

Host a fun event with games and get someone from the CU to share how and why they are a follower of Jesus. Use the ‘How To Share Your Story’ resource to help you prepare. Alternatively, invite a guest speaker in to talk a bit about the day you’re celebrating and to link it in with something of the great news about Jesus.

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What you need

Food and drink that relates to the day you’re celebrating: Pancakes for Pancake Day; Guinness Cake (you can’t take the drink in!) for St Patrick’s Day; Chocolate for Valentine’s Day…
Games: Some crazy fun games or performances
Story: Someone willing to share their story!
Music Player/mini speakers
Permission for food, room, event etc.

Room Set up

Relaxed: Give the room a relaxed café feel. Put the chairs and tables back afterwards!
Chilled Music: playing as people arrive – it helps with the atmosphere.
Food: As people arrive, give them some food.
Welcome: Get a couple of CU members to hang around by the door to welcome people.
Table: Have a table near the exit with free gospels and tracts for people to take away.

Tips for the MC

Host: Decide beforehand who’s going to MC/Host the event.
Start: Once it’s time to start, welcome people; let them know it’s a CU event; that there will be a short talk on the catchy title you’ve chosen; followed by a time to ask questions.
Introduce the speaker: After the talk, thank the speaker and announce that there will be a couple of minutes to chat to each other, before a time to fire their questions to the speaker.
End After the Q & A: thank people for coming, let them know about the free gospels/tracts and invite them to any future events or to CU!