I learned about UrbanLife through a friend in 7th grade. I was young and dumb and not very disciplined at the time. UrbanLife has made a great impact in my life because it showed me the way to God. It provided leaders to invest in me and watch me grow slowly and transform. The leaders… Read more »

My name is Jordan Davis and I’m a senior at Hoover High School. I first got involved with UrbanLife at Hoover my freshman year when I went with some of my basketball teammates one night after practice. It drew me in and I went ever since then.

In the 7th grade I became involved with UrbanLife when a visitor from UrbanLife by the name of Romin Irani visited a lot of my friends and me at my middle school. We had gotten used to him coming around lunchtime because we would just joke around and be chill with him. One day at… Read more »

UrbanLife, UrbanLife.  Oh, UrbanLife: my home, my family, my hope. Through UrbanLife, I was able to learn and follow the Word of God.   I decided to follow God when I was sophomore at Clairemont High School. I am a common urban girl, living in downtown San Diego with a Catholic family.  I was confused as… Read more »

Originally I got involved with UrbanLife because my friend Darian told me about it and he spontaneously decided to go to Mission week in Spring of 2010. So I decided to go with him. I had no idea what I was in for. 

I became part of the Urban Life family thanks to a friend, Lilly Pickney. She mentioned going to Big Bear with her church for the winter and I told her I wanted to come. I went to Big Bear knowing only a few people, while we were getting ready to leave for Big Bear I… Read more »

I first heard about Urban Life through friends when I first entered high school this year. Even though no one in my family is Christian, I decided to check out Urban Life because my friends kept telling me how much fun it was.  I was also very curious because I was thinking ‘how could church… Read more »

I first started going to UrbanLife when my neighbor invited us to help with VBS last summer. Then Kathy told me that if I wanted to learn more about God I should come to IOBlife and UrbanLife. I was like, “whatever” but since my sister really wanted to go I decided I’d try and if I… Read more »

It was in middle school when I was first exposed to Urban Life. It was there I met a group of caring people that were dedicated to showing me who God is. Before attending Urban Life, I went to several different churches with my mother without understanding why I went.

I was 12 years old when I lost my father. After this incident, initially, as a young child, I was confused. Why was my father taken from me was a question I so often asked myself.