A privilege that should be available to every young person
“I tell you, now is the time of God’s favour, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2b, NIV Rarely a day goes by without more news about the challenges that young people are facing. Across the UK, we are seeing a real hunger among young people to join the new Urban...
Urban and Rural Groups
There is a God-given compulsion deep in the heart of every long-term leader which drives them to work among children and young people in their community. Some stay in the same area for decades, others move for work or other reasons and start again when they do. All are heroes...
"I wanted to be part of it"
Pheobe Mills has just started leading at the new Group at Reading College Urban Saints. She explains why she volunteered for this. Urban Saints have a heart for seeing young people come to know Jesus and this is what I really loved. Having recently moved to Reading I was wondering how I...
Making Young Disciples for Jesus
Let me tell you about two brothers I met last Sunday. I went to a small local church on a council estate in one of the most deprived areas in the UK. Two friendly boys aged about 10 and 8 were kicking a football around in the church car park...
New Energize website launches
We are delighted to announce that the brand new version of Energize has launched this week, after a year of behind-the-scenes development. Energize (our key resources website) launched in 2003 and currently provides quality discipleship materials - including prayer ideas, video clips and discussion starters - to over 1600 churches and...
Refreshing Urban Saints
March 29th has always been a special day for Urban Saints. It is the date the movement first began, when the handful of Crusader Classes joined together to become a Union in 1906. On the 113th birthday of this Union (when we once again 'become a teenager', so to speak),...