Article written by Urban Alliance staff*. Photos courtesy of Urban Alliance staff and network participants. Each year during the Revitalize Community Health Outreach Day, Doug Casey, along with an eager group of volunteers from his church, Valley Brook Community...
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UA Initiative Charis Helps Increase Impact of Local Counseling and Care
Article written by Urban Alliance staff*. Photos courtesy of Urban Alliance staff and network participants. In response to inquiries by area counselors and pastors and dialogue that followed, Charis was created in 2012 to help people become emotionally healthy and...
Help Share Counseling and Care Resources With People Seeking Emotional Support
Article and photos by Urban Alliance staff. Chances are, you or someone you know is going through a challenging season at this very moment, perhaps from the loss of a loved one, an ongoing struggle with addiction, a recent divorce or another difficult situation....
Next Generation: Upcoming Workshop to Empower, Equip Youth
Article and photos by Urban Alliance staff. Be among the first youth ministries to participate in a workshop especially developed by World Vision to empower young people to reach their generation and develop meaningful peer-to-peer relationships. Young...
UA Network Puts Holistic Outreach Plans to Action
Article written by Urban Alliance staff*. Photos courtesy of Urban Alliance network participants. Holistic outreach. It sounds nice, but what is it? And is it really needed? The simple answer is yes. It is not only crucial to helping heal the brokenness in our...
Giving Thanks, Helping Neighbors
Article written by Urban Alliance staff. When we think of Thanksgiving, many of us picture a day complete with a warm (and delicious) meal, a table surrounded by family or friends and some time to relax and enjoy a day to ponder the many things for which we are...
Stoking the Fire: Events Help Youth Grow in Faith, Build Friendships
Article by Urban Alliance staff. What do you get when you combine an all-night carnival, food, a live concert, skating, bowling, laser tag and swimming? Or how about impactful skits, miming, student-led music, lots of laughter and colorful strobe lights? The...
Loving in Action: Churches Partner to Provide Clothing to Anyone in Need
Article by Urban Alliance staff. Eleven years ago, three women at Wintonbury Church in Bloomfield saw a need in the community and took action together, and a big step of faith, to begin what is now called the Clothes Closet, a monthly community outreach ministry...
UA Helps Volunteers Connect to Serve
Article and photo by Urban Alliance staff. When a group of twelve young adults from Valley Community Baptist Church in Avon, lead by Greg Kessler, were looking for a group service opportunity, they reached out to Urban Alliance to help match them with a ministry...
8 Ways You Can Help UA Network Address Local Food Insecurity
Article written by Urban Alliance staff. From food pantries to soup kitchens and even plots of land that are used to grow crops for FoodShare, many churches and organizations that are a part of the Urban Alliance network are addressing the challenges of food...