Tom Mepham - Student Soul - church for and by students in Dunedin, New Zealand

Author: Tom Mepham

Tom Mepham is the full-time minister of Student Soul. He received his Diploma in Ministry from the Knox Centre of Ministry and Leadership in December 2019, prior to which he graduated with a Bachelor of Theology from Otago University in 2017. He is a member of the Southern Presbytery, part of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Tom is also a writing and performing member of Black Boy Peaches, an alternative/contemporary pop rock act, based in Dunedin NZ.

ANZAC service

Written by Tom Mepham on April 23, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized.

New series in the gospel of Mark

Written by Tom Mepham on April 23, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized.

Kicking off 2021

Written by Tom Mepham on February 16, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized.

Hey! We are excited to be kicking off the year this upcoming Sunday night with a series exploring DESIRE in the Old Testament book, the Song of Songs. We are currently in Covid alert level 2 in Dunedin, until Wednesday night. Even if we stay in Level 2, we will be going ahead with meeting […]

Present Future – July 2020

Written by Tom Mepham on July 31, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

light & life…

Written by Tom Mepham on July 29, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

We are forming a community of light and life in the heart of student culture. But what is such a community like? We are… We are mobile, like the wind. We know how to sing. To sing is the birth-right of the free. We’re a river community, past, present, and future in continuity, but always […]

sleep

Written by Tom Mepham on July 23, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

Read (or listen to) 1 Kings 3:5-12 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in […]

preparing to listen for a fresh word from God

Written by Tom Mepham on July 23, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

Read (or listen to) Romans 8:26-39 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for […]

live free.

Written by Tom Mepham on July 22, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

The Open Life

Written by Tom Mepham on July 8, 2020. Posted in scripture.

Three nights ago, I led our first Student Soul service at Oaken Cafe on the theme of “the open life.” I didn’t call it that, because as is often the case, I didn’t realise that was the theme until afterwards. I also didn’t make clear the main point that I had hoped to present. So […]

Semester 2 is underway

Written by Tom Mepham on July 2, 2020. Posted in Uncategorized.

We are kicking things back off. Aaaand… really looking forward to being in a brand new venue, our local favorite Oaken. We’d love to see you there! Bring a friend, and check out our Facebook event page.