Current News
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Planting Beautiful Seeds of Shalom
On Saturday, April 27, 2013, more than 100 people, who represented 37 different churches and ministry organizations from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, met together at South Church in Hartford for a workshop entitled Reaching Our Com +
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Interested in helping to influence the life of a young person, but not sure where to start? Ascend Mentoring is a great way to take the first step! Becoming an Ascend mentor means will you be a part of a fantastic program that has a creative and structure +
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Reclaiming and Restoring Under-Resourced Communities: CCDA Coming to Hartford
As we look around, we see broken relationships, divided communities, poverty and violence in our neighborhoods. We see many needs, and often, many of us are are diligently working - sometimes alone and sometimes with a team - to help alleviate the specifi +
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Hartford City Mission Welcomes Executive Director
For several years, Hartford City Mission (HCM), a participant in the Urban Alliance network, has been operating youth programs in Hartford. Their programs include Camp Noah, a Christ-centered day camp for children in Hartford that is hosted at fellow Urba +
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Urban Alliance Partakes in UCONN's Careers for the Common Good
The University of Connecticut (UCONN) recently held Careers for the Common Good, a career fair that encourages college students to inspire and accelerate social change by following a socially-responsible career path. Inspired by their commitment to devel +
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Revitalize Kick-Off Meeting a Success
On Thursday, February 21, 2013, representatives from eleven churches and organizations, who are also each participants in the Urban Alliance network, came together for Urban Alliance's Revitalize Kick-Off Meeting, which helped put the plans in motion for +
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Archer Memorial Honors Sandy Hook on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream to bring people together in harmony and peace, regardless of race, color or creed. On Jan. 21, members of the Archer Memorial AME Zion Church, First Church of Windsor and the Windsor Historical Society came together to +
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'Even Though I Walk Through the Valley': Youth Explosion Encourages Crowd of 250 to Have Faith
On January 30, 2013, Urban Alliance network participant House of Praise & Worship/Casa de Adoracion y Alabanza (Hartford) hosted the second Youth Explosion of 2013.
While the previous Youth Explosion, held in November, had a theme of "The Light of (...) + -
"One Unity Night" Lives Up to Its Name
On a cold Friday evening, nearly 800 people gathered in the warmth of the sancutary at Urban Alliance network participant House of Resoration Church (Hartford) for a special evening of unity called "One Unity: A Night of Intercession and Worship." +
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'His Hands and Feet': UA Network Joins Together for 2013 Annual Meeting
On Thursday, January 17, more than 50 representatives from the 23 churches and organizations who make up the Urban Alliance network joined together for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Urban Alliance network in Hartford. +
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Marriage Conference Brings Full House
It was a full house at Valley Community Baptist Church during the weekend of January 4-5, 2013 for the "What Did You Expect?" marriage conference! Whether you were lucky enough to attend or missed it this time around, there are still several resou(...) +
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Wintonbury Members Take Prayer Walk
Two members from Wintonbury Church (Bloomfield) took a walk throughout Hartford on Monday, but their motive was not simply for exercise. Instead, they felt a need to pray over Hartford, and do so as they strolled, with a purpose, through several neig(...) +
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Youth Groups: Don't Miss Out! Register Now for The Hartford Project 2013
This is a great time to get involved with The Hartford Project (THP)! The Hartford Project is an immersion experience specifically designed for middle-school and high-school students where they are able to learn more about Hartford and racial reconc(...) +
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The Ultimate Gift: UA Network Participants Display True Meaning of Christmas
Throughout each Christmas season, the gift of love is expressed through many different ways. Through a smile, an exchanged gift or even an embrace with a loved one, we are each recipients of love. However, as it says in the Bible, "Even greater is God's w +
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The Light of the World: Youth Explosion Shines Bright
It is said that light is everywhere in our world; that we need it to see. The farther away a source of light is, the dimmer it becomes. Light, after all, is energy. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in +
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For Where Two or More Are Gathered: Community Service Day a Success
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" - Matthew 18:20 Last Saturday, beyond the piles of branches, bags of leaves and rows of broken furniture that lined the curbs on May Street in Hartford and Kimball +
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You may have heard the buzz about "the network" and "participants" in relation to Urban Alliance. But, what exactly do these terms mean? +
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Do Urban Alliance's vision and mission resonate with you? Have you been waiting for an opportunity and invitation to use your skill-set to serve others? Or, do you simply need help understanding which needs are most urgent in our local community? +
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Brief: Christian Community Development in Our Local Community
Christian Community Development (CCD) was first put into practice in rural Mississippi over forty years ago by Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) founder and American civil rights activist Dr. John Perkins. +
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Measuring Success: The Hartford Project 2012
The Hartford Project (THP) is an urban ministry service-learning experience for teenagers in New England. Each year, church youth groups are invited to spend four days living in Hartford, where they engage in service projects, learn about the Hartford com +
