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Does your Group or Church invite everyone to belong?

The spring term is a time of year that offers us an opportunity to take stock, review what we are doing, and make changes to improve or develop what we are providing. How about thinking about whether our children’s and youth work, as well as our church provision as a...

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20 years of Energize

Do you remember when the only way to access teaching resources for your Group was to buy a book or subscribe to a magazine? Did you ever have to do the ‘midnight run’ and post the only copy of the book or magazine through the letterbox of the Leader who...

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Those who have gone before

Urban Saints is built on a strong foundation of faithful leaders and supporters who grew up in Crusaders and remained actively involved in the movement. We have always paid tribute to those that have gone to be with Christ in our Associate News publication and this continues in our new...

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Feeding the village

Llandderfel US pancake event 2023 For the 6th time in recent years, the older Group in Llandderfel ran a pancake event for the village. They planned, had a practice evening and then, on the day, worked hard for over 4 hours cooking, running races for all ages and clearing up.  The...

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Hope and purpose together in Bradford

Three Urban Saints Groups came together to celebrate Christmas with a big youth event and there were contributions from across the country to make this celebration of hope and purpose in Bradford possible... “God, I want to know how to live in purpose. I feel like I am just existing. But...

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Forged in Guildford

Back in 2021, a member of an Urban Saints Group made an unexpected appearance on BBC local news. Ben Perkins - a young leader from Urban Saints Guildford - caught the public eye because he had been developing his skills as an amateur blacksmith, including setting up an improvised forge at...