by urbanyouthexcel | Feb 27, 2023 | Blog, Events, Fundraising
Our 2nd Annual Feeding Souls with the Bowls was a HUGE Success! On Saturday February 18th, we held a fundraising event in our community to raise money to help kids say yes to Jesus. It was an amazing experience to see everyone come together to support this wonderful...
by urbanyouthexcel | Feb 8, 2023 | Blog, News
We have made some changes to our website! If you’ve visited our website recently, you may have noticed that we’ve made some changes. We wanted to give our website a creative update to make it more modern, engaging, and user-friendly. At the core of our creative update...
by urbanyouthexcel | Dec 2, 2022 | Blog, Events
UYE Winter Camp Recap We took 46 students to a Young Life Winter Camp.Many were in prayer and God showed up. 34 students responded to the call to follow Jesus after camp. Throughout the semester, we have been praying that the Lord would send us into the harvest and he...
by urbanyouthexcel | Nov 2, 2022 | Blog
Meet Anthony Hall: Community Collaborator Anthony Hall started his life off on the Southside of Chicago, a place of chaos, violence, and cultural beauty. Through living half his life in this diverse and challenging environment he grew into a true agent of change. He...
by urbanyouthexcel | Oct 2, 2022 | Blog
Meet Dawit Kebede: Community Collaborator Dawit Kebede was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. Being the son of two refugee parents from Ethiopia, life presented various challenges. Dawit was the middle child growing up and was self-professedly the “black sheep” of his...
by urbanyouthexcel | Sep 3, 2022 | Blog, Events
UYE Summer Camp Recap We took over 50 Elevate students to a Young Life Summer Camp. Many were in prayer and the Lord moved, as he faithfully and graciously does. 34 students responded to the call to follow Jesus after camp. “In the same way, I tell you, there is...