Toastie town threatened

Lincoln University Christian Fellowship has been running Toastie Town for years - a late night cheese toastie making operation from 11pm-2am each Thursday night of term time. Toastie Town is loved by the halls students as they come back from student night at Lincoln pub; it's loved by the halls management as it sobers up halls students; it's loved by LUSA, the student association, as it shows that at least one of their clubs is serving the campus; and it's loved by LUCF, as a way to serve the campus, work together, have conversations about Jesus and raise some funds.


However, it's all about to stop.

Toastie town was hosted in a small room in the Rec Centre, but with a change of management over the summer this has now been denied. LUSA has gone in to bat for LUCF, which is excellent, but there has been no headway. For the last couple of weeks LUCF has held a sausage sizzle instead, but it's not as effective - last night there were less students than the week before, at a time of year when there's normally more interest. No other locations are as central or as useful as the Rec Centre, and those that might do don't have a food licence.

So it's not good at all. Toastie town was an excellent true witness weekly LUCF thing, and now it's under threat. LUCF has been praying, for as yet we don't know what the next step is. Please do join us in prayer; rejoicing that God is sovereign, yet at the same time asking God to make the way ahead clear. Toastie town really was a highlight of the LUCF witness, and though we're hugely thankful for the support of LUSA (which doesn't always happen in other unis), we're hugely frustrated with this change/cancellation that's been forced upon us.