Urban Family Center

"Connecting People, Restoring Community!"
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     " If you want to go fast...Go Alone.
                              If you want to go Far...Go Together."

 
  
 
Our "Beloved Community"

 Single mothers trying to make ends meet! Children born into hard circumstances through no fault of their own, hold on Baby.

Grandmas raising their children's children, I respect & honor you,
help is on the way.

Fathers that feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, except when you get home & your kids think your invincible,
be strong my Brothers.


Young ladies who struggle to keep the part of you that is still innocent waiting for someone to protect the real you,
 daddy loves you.

Young men who are desperate for a father figure! Someone to speak into their lives... to mold them...to claim them...
to simply love them, follow me...

And last but not least Youth Leaders who day in & day out give their best & sometimes last to young people,
your labor is not in vain.

To All the Heroes of our Beloved Community, we Love & Honor You.
"May the Lord cause his face to shine upon you & give you peace."







 


 
 


FOUNDERS STORY

Paul & Shantel Patu have been serving children, youth & families in Seattle's urban communities for over 18 years.

A product of their environment the Patu's know all to well about the struggle of growing up in an impoverished urban community. 
They both grew up in the Rainier Valley and High Point, two of the poorest communities in the City of Seattle.

Equally important they have also found meaning in their struggle and moments of beauty in their life experiences.  Both have shaped their heart & passion to work with youth & families.

As a former gang member and drug dealer Paul has had several run ins with the law and brushes with death.  One in particular changed his life forever.  On April 29th 1995 at about 12pm in the afternoon, Paul was shot five times in an attempted car jacking in West Seattle.  Shot at point blank range with a 45 caliber gun, Paul was hit in both arms, chest, stomach and leg.  Struggling to survive Paul remembers taking his last breath before the darkness over took him.  "My last thought was of my family and never being able to see them again". 

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