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 Community:...
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Reclaiming and Restoring Under-Resourced Communities: CCDA Coming to Hartford
As we look around, we see broken relationships, divided communities, and even 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 specific...
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 Urban...
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 Revitalize...
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 develop...
'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 the World" and...
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 commemorate...
"One Unity Night" Lives Up to Its Name
On the cold Friday evening of January 18, 2013, nearly 800 people gathered in the warmth of the sanctuary at Urban Alliance network participant House of Resoration Church/Iglesia Casa de Restauracion (Hartford) for a special evening of unity called "One...
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 resources for how to...
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 neighborhoods. One of...