Over the last few weeks, I have had the joy of meeting with *Sarah, a student who is new to faith. After praying in her room one evening that God would help her, she felt a weight lifted off her and b...  Read More

Step Gap Year Programme 2025: A Year of Growth, Purpose, and MissionWe’re passionate about equipping young people for lives of purpose and impact. That’s why we’re thrilled to launch the Step Gap Year...  Read More

Year 12 were at Verso last week for their Step retreat day, and what a treat it was to have them with us. From those who arrived super early and were able to help me with setting up 90 chairs, to thos...  Read More

We have recently received funding from a couple of grants to invest time and resources into updating existing lessons and creating a new one to create a more intentional package which will be called o...  Read More

Today is sadly my last day at Step.My first contact with Step came when Edward (my husband) was being interviewed for a position at Verso Vineyard Church back in 2021. Chris Birch-Evans (Step’s Direct...  Read More

We have the joy at Step of working across lots of different areas of the school. From RE departments, to mental health hubs and even in this case, Geography! Each year at Sir John Lawes we have the pr...  Read More

Chris recently had the privilege of writing a blog about his experiences teaching The Difference course, which is a course created by the Reconciling Leaders Network (RLN). Below is an extract. The Di...  Read More

We recently had an amazing day with the Year 7 students at Verulam, supported by a team of 14 Step staff and volunteers. The students were engaged, enthusiastic, and eager to participate in all the ac...  Read More

This is the question I posed to the Marlborough Explore group the Friday. We took a pause from the Youth Alpha course which we have been doing together since January to take some time to think about a...  Read More

We often get into a rhythm at Step, teaching similar lessons at a similar time of year, but one of the most exciting things is when we get to do something for the first time in a school.This term at S...  Read More

The Step Leadership Conference 2025 saw nearly 70 sixth formers from local schools spend the day at Verso Vineyard Church digging into the topic “Leadership is intentional.”  They were able to sign up...  Read More

Last week we had the privilege of having the Year 7 students from Nicholas Breakspear come to Verso Church for their very first retreat day with us. I told them that a retreat is a place where you can...  Read More