Urban Saints | Who is discipling our young people?

Will you pray with us?

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 achieve anything without God getting the glory. We can reach a generation of young people, thanks to your prayers, so please join in.

What's your 'one thing' for young people?

We'd love you to join us in praying for young people right now. Create or find a picture that sums up the word - write the word on a bit of paper or card, draw or paint something, take a photo or find a GIF or meme. Share it on your social media pages using the hashtag #prayonething, and/or email it to media@urbansaints.org.

Here are some examples that others have shared:

Prayer Requests

We have put together some key requests for prayer and would encourage you to join with us in praying for the young people across the United Kingdom and Ireland and for our ongoing ministry.

Following the restructure of Urban Saints, please pray for those affected by the restructuring who are leaving us in the coming weeks and for blessings in whatever they do next. Pray for wisdom for the National Leadership Team as they lead through the restructuring and for those who are staying.
Give thanks for how God has worked through and with Crusaders/Urban Saints, especially through dedicated leaders.
Pray for our volunteer Leaders as they continue the discipleship of the children and young people in their care. Thank God for leaders committed to sharing the love of God with children and young people.
Please pray that our Volunteer Leaders are supported by Urban Saints in the best possible way, so that they feel encouraged and equipped to connect with the children and young people in their localities, enabling them to show God‘s love and care.
Pray for new connections to be made so we can identify new locations for Groups, and find new Leaders. Pray, too, for stamina for long-serving Leaders. Pray for wisdom as they lead children and young people and make plans for weekly meetings.
Urban Saints is about people of all ages and all stages of life, so let us pray for the safety of everyone who is a part of the Urban Saints movement.
Praise God for really encouraging early bookings for many Camps - some are already full with waiting lists! Give thanks for our incredible volunteers who are continuing to serve faithfully despite the challenges of recent months.
Pray for the Easter Houseparties in Ireland - for God to be working in the lives of all who attend this Easter.
Pray for the Sprees - pray for those involved in planning these weekends and for great relationships with our partner organisations.
As we look towards 2024 and many of our Camps make plans to transition to running outside Urban Saints, please pray for God to go ahead of us and for teams to be unified around decisions that need to be made. Please pray for doors to open that enable ministry to continue where that is the right option.
For Camps running under a more locally-led model in 2024, pray for the right mix of skills and gifts across each team to enable these to run really well.
Give thanks for the appointment of a new Team Leader at Westbrook, and pray that he would settle in well and gel well with the team. Do also pray that the gaps in the Westbrook calendar will be filled with new bookings soon. And please also pray for wisdom and discernment for all those involved in thinking about what Westbrook’s future could look like.
Pray for the Additional Needs Ministry during a busy season of online and in-building training and events. Please pray for upcoming conference sessions at ‘Word Alive’ and the URC Conference, as well as work with the Methodists, Baptists, and the Church of England to improve inclusion for all children and young people. Please also pray for the Spree festival events planned for this summer, several of which will include an additional needs sensory safe space with a team providing support to anyone who needs it. Give thanks for the publications that we have the opportunity to write for, sharing the message of accessibility, inclusion and belonging for children and young people with additional needs everywhere.
Pray for the resources team as they adjust to the new team structure. Please pray for Energize subscribers, that they would continue to feel supported during this time of transition. Pray also that Energize content would continue to equip and encourage leaders as they meet with young people.

If, when you are praying, you feel God is speaking to you, please encourage us by letting us know. Email lslade@urbansaints.org

Creative prayer spaces for Urban Saints

We've produced some creative prayer spaces for our 24/2 Prayer events. They unpack some prayer requests and other creative ways to inspire prayer for the different areas of Urban Saints. Although written for 24/2 we will continue to update them and they can help shape your prayers throughout the year:

Visit the prayer spaces

Praying every day

Pray For Change is the Urban Saints prayer diary, with daily prayer topics from across the network. This is available as a handy A5 booklet, delivered straight to your door twice a year, ready for you to play your part.

Pray For Change is also available to download

PDF download (5th March 2023 to 1st July 2023)

Monthly prayer updates

The Urban Saints Support Centre sends out a monthly prayer email featuring the latest prayer needs, praise items and requests. By signing up to this, you'll become one of our most vital team members - responding to the immediate needs of the team and the wider organisation. We also send out urgent prayer requests when needed this way too. Sign up and select 'Pray With US' from the list provided.

Local prayer networks

We now have a prayer network up and running across the UK and Ireland, with Regional Prayer Coordinators (RPCs) in place in ten of our twelve nations/regions. The RPCs collect together prayer news from Urban Saints Groups to pass on to the prayer supporters. If you would like to join one of these local networks, you can sign up and select the region or nation you are most interested in from the list provided.

N.B. We still have vacancies for RPCs in the South East and South London. If you are interested in finding out more about the role click here.

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