by Sarah Warburton
This is a year of celebration for Urban Expression, as we have recently celebrated our 10th birthday. It was a lovely day, held in London, with representatives from the three UE regions as well as those who have supported us.
An anniversary is always a chance to reflect. UE has always seemed so fragile that those who started UE wondered if it would still be in existence now. However, interest in our values and our stories seems to be continuing and growing, and there is now much discussion with church planters in the Netherlands.
One of our values is:
"We believe that, in Jesus, God is revealed locally, and that we should be committed to our local community or relational network and active members of it."
Urban Expression isn't about big stories and big headlines. It's about people living in a community, being a part of it and sharing the highs and lows of that community. We come, knowing that God is already at work there and will continue His work after we are gone...