Praying as the sparks fly
"Next time you come, bring the Church..." were the words spoken to me by the community leader of one of Bradford’s toughest estates. At this time of year, you may have been involved in or asked to pray for ‘Halloween alternative’ events to help shine some of God’s light into local...
24/2 Prayer
Being an 'Urban Saint' means prayer is essential and we seek to pray together regularly asking God to bless our Groups, volunteers and young people as well as the ministries of other youth organisations around the UK. We are passionate about inviting God into everything we do and we don’t want to...
"I am desperately worried about young people..."
“Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me.” Jesus, (Mark 9:37 NIVUK) Mission goes online! I was talking to a long-standing supporter on the phone recently. They were ever so worried about children and young people during the pandemic. We talked about the ways that Urban Saints is helping and as we...
Update: Group gatherings in England
We are aware that there has been some uncertainty about the recent updates to Government guidelines around group gatherings. The guidelines state that people in England will no longer be permitted to gather socially in groups of more than 6 from Monday 14th September. This refers to gatherings both indoors and outdoors....
For such a time as this...
On Saturday 20th June, at least 120 of us gathered on Zoom for the first online nationwide prayer gathering. It was great to meet up with a wide range of supporters, volunteers and staff from Urban Saints and pray together as one. We prayed together as small groups in breakout rooms and collected...
We Stand Together
At Urban Saints we’ve been deeply saddened by the violent death of George Floyd. We believe that all humans are created in the image of God and violent crimes against members of the Black and Minority Ethnic communities are shocking to the core of our beings and our organisation. We acknowledge...