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Group of young people looking towards the horizon

Hope for the future

As we move into this new year we want to go from a place of knowing God’s love and holding on to the hope that He has for us. Hope we can use as our anchor, so that we are secure and know that God goes before us. With that in...

A young lad sitting and reading the Bible - the front cover image from the latest edition of Pray For Change

Daily prayer diary available

Did you know we publish ‘Pray For Change’, a daily prayer diary which comes out four times a year with up-to-date requests and news? Each edition covers a variety of topics - different staff members highlighting prayer needs from across the nations and regions and the Support Centre. Each edition...

Urban Saints Westbrook team member Graham demonstrates his bushcraft skills to another group of young people

Mission, adventure and beyond at Westbrook

It’s been a real joy to see the doors of Westbrook, our residential Centre on the Isle of Wight, opening again. We’ve had the joy of hosting summer residentials as well as regular weekends for youth groups, local schools and churches. But you might be wondering what happens during the...

A big pile of colourful resource boxes piled up ready to be given away at NYMW in Birmingham this November

Have you ever been invited?

Have you ever been invited? How did it make you feel? We all like to be invited, to be included, to belong, but for one in five children and young people across the UK being invited is a feeling that they rarely experience. Children and young people with additional needs are...

Mark Instone - new member of the Urban Saints Board of Trustees

Meet Mark Instone

At our 2021 AGM some new Trustees were appointed to the Board and we asked them to share a little bit about their story and their involvement in Urban Saints. So, please meet Mark Instone... I have been involved with Crusaders/Urban Saints for over 50 years, receiving my 50 week Bible...

Shoes walking through undergrowth

Following in Kestin's footsteps

Picture the scene. A young man walks through a park one afternoon, praying and seeking lads to invite to a weekly Group to talk about Jesus. Sound familiar? Many of us know the story of how Crusaders / Urban Saints began with Albert Kestin meeting boys in a park in 1900. But...