Hi friends,

Welcome to our UNOH web-page. As Urban Neighbours Of Hope we often feel overwhelmed by the needs we see each day in our neighbourhoods. We know it breaks God’s heart and he is looking for more people to be his hands and feet in response. Could you join us in our quest to love God and neighbour in more faithful and relevant ways in this new urban world?

In 2010 there are 30 full-time UNOH workers joining countless volunteers and local neighbours living and serving Christ in nine of the neediest neighbourhoods in Melbourne, Sydney, and Bangkok with plans for UNOH to start in Burma (Mae Sot) and Auckland late this year.

Why Urban Neighbours Of Hope? This short prayer might give you some idea…

Lord, too many of us try to detach from You and the plight of the poor,

As a gospel community we search for fresh ways to love You and our neighbours from the front line of a world mired in urban poverty.

Your authentic hope for our world flows from engagement with You among the poor.

Lord, too many of us try to keep all options open,

With a common rhythm of life we pour our best thoughts, passions and creativity into our neighbourhoods facing urban poverty as an offering to You, Risen Jesus Christ, the incarnate One.

Your hope is released when we Your will is done, in our neighbourhoods as in heaven.

Lord, too many try to use You to gain the world’s riches, security and recognition.

We surrender all to You so that You can raise through us the kind of Jesus followers who can fuel the kind of transformations our world and neighbourhoods require.

Your provision for our vocation of hope comes through our neighbours, team and ministry partners You grace us with.

Lord, we know we too can be found among the ‘too many’ without even trying,

But we also know You have not given up on us, inviting us to make our lives count now and forever by not giving up on our neighbours facing urban poverty now.

This is why offer our lives to you Lord, as Urban Neighbours of Hope.

Do with us as You will,

Amen.

Could you join us in this adventure of faith?  There are some great ideas how you join with UNOH through our ‘Urban-Hope Initiative’  blog and you can find out all the latest UNOH news and views there too.

Please prayerfully consider becoming involved in what God is doing among the urban poor in any way you can. We would love you to be a part of what God is doing through Urban Neighbours Of Hope. You will not regret any love you can give back to God and to those in need.

God bless
Ash Barker
International Director,
Urban Neighbours Of Hope