Happiness is a Group called Ramsey
It's so encouraging to hear about the positive experiences of Urban Saints Groups meeting onsite again this term. In the case of Ramsey/Dovercourt Crusaders, it has been all the sweeter because they have been unable to gather much at all since the start of Covid-19. Group Leader, Nigel Spencer (who wrote...
Groups emerging from lockdown
We have seen many of our Urban Saints Groups restarting this Autumn, with some starting from an extended break and others making the transition from online sessions to meeting onsite again. In just one regional prayer update, we heard from three separate Groups who were experiencing God doing new and different...
Scotland Updates
Groups are back! Groups are returning to face-to-face meetings - some who have kept in touch during lockdown, and others that have not met for 18 months. Becca Ambrose with Danielle Walton Danielle, Main Leader from Edinburgh said, "Zoom was really...
"Lord, teach us how to pray"
In my nearly twenty-five years of youth ministry, I have discovered that the easiest way to get a group of young people to stop talking is to ask them to pray. Even the most confident young people seem to clam up when we start to pray together. It is not just...
Equipping Groups, Camps and connected churches
‘Now may God supply you with everything good. Then you can do what he wants. May he do in us what is pleasing to him. We can do it only with the help of Jesus Christ. Give him glory for ever and ever. Amen.’ Hebrews 13: 20b-21 (Accessible Edition New Testament,...
Your local school needs you
The Autumn term is now underway with schools returning after the summer holidays across the nations. The beginning of the academic year is always full of change and transition but this year feels especially significant. At such a crucial time we believe it is right to focus on schools and...