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On this page you will find Urban Alliance's news archives. The archives are sorted from most recent news stories at the top to least recent at the bottom.
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Hartford City Mission Joins UA Network
In 1998, three volunteers from suburban churches began praying and planning toward the launch of Noah’s Sidewalk Sonday School (NSSS), a ministry designed to share the gospel of Christ with un-churched children in the north end of Hartford. This weekly ou +
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On Monday, March 26, the City of Hartford released their “Community Health Needs Assessment.” Mayor Pedro E. Segarra honored Urban Alliance in a press release and at an event at City Hall on Monday along with local hospitals, Hartford Hospital, Connecticu +
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Revitalize – Preparing for the Next “Community Health Outreach”
On Monday, March 12, 2012, a group of pastors and ministry leaders from thirteen different churches/ministry organizations came together to plan the next Revitalize “Community Health Outreach.” In the fall, over 2,000 handouts containing information about +
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We Believe We Can Fly: Local Pastor Begins Gospel Choir at School in Hartford
What happens when you are a local pastor who loves music and loves youth? You start a Gospel Choir at a local school. Or at least that’s what Apostle T. Allen Stringer, Senior Pastor of Bible Way Temple Nation, did at Simpson-Waverly School in Hartford. T +
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Bethany Christian Services Joins UA Network
Bethany Christian Services began over 65 years ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was founded by two women who wanted to provide a Christian home for children. From this humble Christ-centered beginning, Bethany has grown to be the largest adoption agency +
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The UA Network’s 1st Annual Planning Meeting
“Share, Strategize, & Support in 2012: An Annual Planning Meeting of the UA Network,” on February 7, 2012 was a great success with UA Network Participants and Applicants coming together to reflect on 2011 and plan for 2012. Thirty-six people representing +
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Judah House began in 2006 in Hartford’s North End in a leased property. The intention was to house 10 women who were returning to the community from incarceration, mental health facilities, or substance abuse treatment. In 2008, Judah House moved to a new +
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Shiloh Baptist Church Historically Connected
Shiloh Baptist Church was organized in 1889 and is the fourth oldest black church in Hartford. The first meeting was held at the home of Sister Lucy Roy on Albany Avenue. Since they had no permanent church at that time, they met in various halls on Albany +
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Courant News: House of Praise and Worship & Wintonbury Church
Recently, two stories about UA Network Participants made it into the Hartford Courant. The first is a story about House of Praise and Worship's Toy for Tots toy distribution. The article is called “Mastering the Art of Sacrificial Giving,” and it was subm +
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2011 Recap: We Are the UA Network Video
Over 2011 many excited things happened with and through the Urban Alliance (UA) Network. Eleven new churches and ministry organizations joined our Network. Bringing the total of Participants to 12. These churches and ministry organizations are suburban an +
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Glory Chapel International Cathedral a Church of Second Chances
Bishop Raul Gonzalez and his wife, Pastor Willie Gonzalez, founded Glory Chapel International Cathedral in 1979. The church was established to provide a place where the men and women from Youth Challenge of CT and their children could be spiritually fed, +
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The Art of Sacrificial Giving: House of Praise and Worship Distributes Toys to Their Community
Toys for Tots is the highlight of House of Praise and Worship’s church calendar and this year was no exception. House of Praise and Worship, known as “Casa de Adoracion y Alabanza” to most of its congregants, is located in the South Meadows area of +
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Calvary Church Joins UA Network
Calvary Church was founded in early 1935 as Calvary Temple by 91 charter members. This charter group was part of a small gathering of believers called the “Evangelical Association of Hartford;” the group established the church to be an independent +
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The story of Coram Deo really begins with the story of Jody Davis, the organization’s founder and Executive Director. Having grown up in an abusive dysfunctional home, by her teen years, Jody was well on her way to a life of addiction and the many other +
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Reaching the Community Together: Fall 2011 Recap Video
This video reviews our Fall 2011 workshop series, "Reaching the Community Together." The workshop series is designed to help equip Christian churches and organizations to take the next steps towards effective, sustainable community-based outreach. +
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DID YOU KNOW approximately 1 in 6 Hartford residents do not have health insurance? In response to this need, local churches and ministry organizations united to love our neighbors in Hartford. Members from seven different churches/organizations +
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Beginning a Discussion About Christian Counseling in Central CT
On Monday, October 24, 2011, thirteen different pastors, therapists, and health-care providers joined Urban Alliance in a conversation concerning Christian Counseling in central Connecticut. All those present had a shared interest in Christian counseling +
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Brandon McGee Contributes to “Connecting Faith, Families, & Schools” Conference
On Friday, September 23, 2011, Brandon McGee contributed to “Connecticut’s 4th Annual: Connecting Faith, Families, & Schools Conference.” Brandon was a panelist in the morning’s “Kiva Process” and led a break-out session in the afternoon entitled, “Collab +
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Pulling Together Assets to Serve Those in Need
What if we as a Christian community in Hartford, with all of our rich diversity, pulled our assets together to strategically address needs in Hartford? That very question was explored in session 2 of UA’s “Reaching the Community Together” workshop series. +
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Adult Christian Education Research Project
Is there a need for more adult Christian education opportunities in central Connecticut? That’s the question that is driving a research project being developed by the Edwards Institute for Leadership Development (a project of the Presbyterian Church of Ma +
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Revitalize: Working Towards a Healthier Hartford
Did you know that approximately one in six Hartford residents have no health insurance? Often these individuals are not able to see a doctor when they are sick because they simply can’t afford health services. In response to this need, local churches and +
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House of Praise and Worship Joins UA Network
Family is the defining trait of House of Praise and Worship, a bilingual church located in the South Meadows neighborhood of Hartford. The church began in 2002, when Joel Cruz Sr. had a vision to unite his family in ministry. Cruz was able to discern the +
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A Vision for Collaborative Ministry: Reaching the Community Together, Session 1
A vision for collaborative outreach ministry was cast on Tuesday, September 20th, as Urban Alliance began the second season of the “Reaching the Community Together” workshop series. Attendees included representatives from ten churches/ministry +
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Bible Way Temple Nation Joins UA Network
Bible Way Temple Nation began as a mission of the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc. in 1957. For about the next thirty years, Bible Way had a couple of changes in their name, pastors, and North Hartford locations. In 1985, +
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Phillips Metropolitan CME Church Joins UA Network
Phillips Metropolitan CME Church began with a group of six devoted Christians who migrated to Hartford from the South. They were led by God to band together and form a congregation in the tradition of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, which they +
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Youth Challenge Looks to Help Adolescents in the Area
Since 1970, Youth Challenge of Connecticut, Inc. has been living out their mission “to operate residential centers and conduct outreach helping persons with life controlling problems, such as substance abuse, find drug free, productive and meaningful live +
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Wintonbury Church Joins UA Network
Wintonbury Church has been a catalyst for unity and cooperative ministry, and they have developed meaningful relationships with churches in Hartford & the surrounding area. One of the main ways they have recently done this is through the Hartford Project +
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A Way Out of No Way: The Story of Tawana Bourne and ABC Women’s Center
Tawana Bourne grew up a very spiritually aware child who always felt a strong connection to God, but in her late teens she strayed from her childhood faith and ended up caught in a lifestyle of drugs and everything that goes along with them. She began by +
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Citadel of Love Joins UA Network
The Citadel of Love meets on Barbour Street in north Harford in what used to be a nightclub, once famous for violence, but now this church is a lighthouse shining out in the darkness. The Citadel of Love began with thirteen people connecting themselves to +
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Moving Forward in Communicating “What We Do”
Over the course of the last few months, we here at Urban Alliance have been evaluating both how the Urban Alliance Network is operating and progressing, and how we can go about communicating what we do more effectively. We realize that what we do is +
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ABC Women's Center Joins UA Network
A Better Choice (ABC) Women’s Center opened in Middletown, Connecticut in 1990. It was started by a group of Christian young couples who desired to provide alternative life-giving services to women experiencing unplanned or crisis-pregnancies. For +
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The Presbyterian Church of Manchester Joins UA Network
The Presbyterian Church of Manchester (PCM) has shown, from their long history of church planting, that they are passionate about the Gospel impacting culture and community. PCM was itself a church plant established +
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A Modern Day Emmaus Story: The Story of Clifford & Edra Knight and Youth Challenge
Two people were walking down the dusty road of life. Sometimes trying to make sense of life but most of the time just trying to live. The first was Clifford Knight a native of Hartford, and the other, his now wife, Edra Knight, +
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Learning in Partnership: UA Roundtable
Brandon McGee, UA’s Network Development Manager, facilitated an event this past Thursday, April 28th, 2011, with a three-fold aim +
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Coming Together: Reaching the Community Together, Session 2
Coming together. It’s not often that a group of Christian leaders of varying race, gender, social status, and denominations come together. But that’s what’s happening at the “Reaching the Community Together” workshops +
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Giving Back: Brandon McGee Joins the Urban Alliance Staff as the Network Development Manager
Brandon McGee is one of those leaders with the unique ability to cast a vision, motivate, collaborate, and in it all let it be shaped by integrity and his Christian faith. Born and raised primarily in Hartford’s North End, Brandon +
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Reaching the Community Together, Session 1
On Thursday, March 17th, 2011, Urban Alliance began a workshop series called “Reaching the Community Together.” Twenty-four people, representing fifteen churches and ministry organizations, participated in session one of the series. The session included +
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Hartford Survey Project: Understanding Needs and Service Opportunities
We all have times in our lives when we get knocked down. Jesus told a story once of a man who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, robbed, beaten, and abandoned on the side of a road. The man was left for dead by his fellow countrymen, but thankfully +
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Chief Kevin Searles Joins Urban Alliance’s Board
Kevin Searles knows what it feels like to have your world falling apart - both through his work with people in the community and personally - and it is that knowledge and God’s grace that have shaped him to be the man he is today. +
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Jessica Sanderson Completes PhD from University of Connecticut
On Friday, January 28th, 2011, Urban Alliance’s Director of Research, Jessica Sanderson, defended her doctoral dissertation, “Neighborhood, Family, Peer, and Youth Center Experiences as Predictors of Urban Youth Development,” +
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The Fabric and History of Urban Alliance
The history of Urban Alliance, like any good history, is made up of multiple strands, which overlap and strengthen one another. Together the different strands form a tapestry and after some time a clear picture emerges. +
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A New Season Begins: UA Hires Aften Wilson as Communications Manager
As we have moved from fall into winter, we are all reminded once again that life is ever-changing. It’s a part of the nature of things.Seasons and cycles are all around us, in the weather, the plant life and even in the life of organizations. +
