JLAT Sessions
We'll have lots of different content at JLAT to help you continue growing as a leader and move forward in your pursuit of justice in the way of Jesus. Some of these sessions will help you build good foundations and leadership skills, while other sessions will give you the opportunity to learn more about specific justice topics, such as violence against women, racial justice & refugee rights.
Check out the sessions below to get a taste of what we'll be exploring together.
Just Love’s Vision and Values
We always start our training with the vision and values of Just Love. Our vision and values are central to who we are as a movement. We will take some time at the start of training to re-ground ourselves in these and to remember why we do what we do as Just Love groups.
Integral Mission - Harvey Kwiyani
Do you have questions about the relationship between evangelism and social justice? This session will show consider how justice and evangelism are intrinsically linked throughout the bible. Think of this session as a bridge between the theology of justice talks from JLET and sessions on specific justice issues you will hear at JLAT.
Pursuing Justice for the Long Haul
Whilst we are committed to being fruitful and dedicated leaders, it’s also really important that we learn to look after ourselves. Leadership is taxing mentally, physically and spiritually. In this session, we will learn what it means to care of ourselves and embrace practices that will help us sustain a lifelong pursuit of social justice.
Life After University
In your Just Love groups, you are seeking to inspire other Christians to pursue justice while they’re at university, but what happens after graduation? We’ll hear from those in our Network, and friends of Just Love who’ve taken the call to pursue justice into the rest of their lives, through their time, lifestyle, money, community, political engagement, and expression of faith.
Living Lightly in Practice - with Jack Wakefield
Climate change and ecological breakdown is one of the most urgent injustices of our lifetimes. This session will remind us of the need to respond by exploring both the stories of those with lived experience of this issue and the science of climate change, helping you think about how to respond practically.
Why Live Lightly - with Jack Wakefield
We are undeniably in a climate crisis - but what does the Bible have to say about the way we care for creation? This session will take a deep dive into the central importance of creation care and climate justice to the narrative of scripture.
Justice and Prayer - with Open Doors
Prayer is an essential part of sustaining justice in the way of Jesus. In this session, we’ll talk about how to pray about injustice and some tools to help you carry the emotional and spiritual weight of tackling the injustices in our world.
Doing Justice Well
One of our values in Just Love is doing justice well. Sadly, not all efforts to tackle injustice lead to lasting change, and many have caused more harm than good. In this session, we’ll learn some key principles to help us critically engage with the best ways to tackle injustice.
Releasing an Emerging Generation
We learnt at JLET about the foundations of leadership and the importance of growing other leaders. One of the biggest challenges for student organisations is multiplication and succession in leadership. We want to equip you to develop other leaders to take on the baton from you when you step off committee - this session will show you how.
Managing Conflict
At JLET, we learnt about the importance of vulnerability based trust and embracing healthy conflict in order for our teams to flourish. This session will equip you to use a coaching approach in order to have challenging conversations well, build healthy teams and lead effectively. This session will be led by Resurgo - they use the power of coaching to help young people facing barriers to employment and support organisations to deepen their social impact for good.
Casting a Vision
When new students arrive at university, you’ll have the chance to tell them about Just Love. How can we communicate Just Love in a way that draws others in and cast a vision so exciting that they can’t help but want to be a part of it? We’ll think together about how to cast a vision, both in terms of content and delivery.
Seminars
You'll also be able to attend three of the following seminars:
Time Management with Josh Smedley
Feel like there’s not enough hours in the day to do Just Love, you uni work and have a social life? Fear not, Josh will be teaching you some vital skills in how to manage our time well. Every year, students are amazed by how revolutionary this session is for their life and work rhythms!
Violence against Women: Domestic Abuse in the UK with Restored UK
This seminar will inform you about the prevalence and harm of violence against women and girls in the UK and to equip you to respond. We will seek to understand the causes and cultural issues that contribute to the persistence of violence against women and girls in the UK and why we must act to tackle this issue in the UK, particularly as Christians.
Refugee Rights: Language and Narratives with Eilidh Harbison and Judith Holmes
Refugee rights is a key justice issues of our time, but in a media and political narrative that is polarised around this issue, how do we best talk about and take action for refugee rights? This seminar will explore the importance of language and narratives in responding to the issue of forced displacement.
Building Accessible Communities with Nina Kurlberg
We want our Just Love groups to be communities of belonging that are accessible to all. This session will challenge you to reflect on the diversity of your Just Love group and provide you with both principles and practical tips around building an inclusive community which is welcoming to all.
Money and Generosity with Josh Smedley
Building on Just Love’s justice practice ‘Give Deeply’, this seminar will inspire you in what you can do with your money and help you consider how you can use your financial resources to pursue Justice in our world.
We will introduce the foundational practice of generosity, as well as stretching practices you can begin to engage with and work towards in the coming years.
Running an Effective Campaign with Rich Gower
Campaigning is a key way that we can seek justice in the way of Jesus. This seminar aims to help you see that change is possible through excellent campaigning and give you the tools to do it effectively.
This seminar will give you a clear roadmap for starting your own campaigns and to know where to find more information on running campaigns within your Just Love groups.
Racial Justice with Israel Olofinjana
Racial justice is a significant area of injustice in the world and one that our God cares deeply about. The aim of this session is to create space for personal reflection, discussion, and storytelling to help you and your committee engage fully with racial justice in the UK and on your campuses.
Stories of Integral Mission - with Kathryn Ritchie, Harvey Kwiyani and Katie Boyes
Through storytelling we will explore living out a holistic faith that encompasses both justice and evangelism, as well as the other pillars of Integral Mission.
This seminar will represent a diverse array of what these justice and evangelism can look like in various contexts, from mission abroad, to in the UK church, to community living.
Who's leading the sessions?
We'll have various Just Love UK staff members leading sessions at JLAT, as well as guest speakers from partner organisations and experts in their fields. Our guest speakers include climate campaigner Rich Gower, Harvey Kwiyani, Nina Kurlberg, Katie Boyes and Israel Olofinjana.
