THE UPPER ROOM MISSION (URM) 2025 ANNUAL REPORT

The Upper Room Mission (URM) is a Christian ecumenical, non-profit institution established in Jerusalem to serve and empower the Living Stones of the Holy Land—the local Christian minority that...

Fourth Entrepreneurship Program

From August 6 to October 10, 2025, URM carried out the fourth iteration of its Entrepreneurship and Business Development Program, bringing together 15 participants from Jerusalem. The program aimed to...

3rd Training Course

  10 June – 6 September 2024 “Lazy Hands Make For Poverty, but Diligent Hands Bring Wealth.” (Proverbs 10:4) The Upper Room Mission (URM) is proud to have concluded its third training course...

URM Second Training

The URM has completed the second training course. A local consultant and trainer was contracted to give the training and follow-up consultations. The trainer conducted 5 training sessions from March...

Meeting with the Methodists Delegation

On October 15, 2022, the team of the Upper Room Mission met with a delegation from the Methodist Church to discuss the challenges facing the Christian community in the Holy Land and ways to overcome...

URM MOU Signing

As part of the pilot project “Christian Youth Empowerment: through Entrepreneurship Training & Coaching in Jerusalem” the Upper Room Mission (URM) signed, on 10 September 2022...

URM Pilot Project Graduation Ceremony

On April 22, 2022, the Upper Room Mission graduated seven entrepreneurs. The graduation ceremony was attended by representatives of the Lund Mission Society, Rev. Dr. Prof. Samuel Rubenson, the...

Visit of Rev. Leif Magne Helgesen to URM

“Jerusalem 30th March 2022 Norwegian Seamen’s Church, Sjømannskirken Rev. Leif Magne Helgesen who frequently visits Jerusalem was during his recent visit introduced to the Upper Room...

Meeting with Mari Järvinen | The Upper Room (the-upperroom.org)

The Upper Room Mission board have met with Mari Järvinen the Organizational Psychologist and Startup & Scaleup Coach and founder at Profounder. This is what Mari wrote:   With so many...

The First Training

By God’s grace, the Upper Room Mission has initiated the first training on the 22nd of January 2022. Nine participants attended the first training out of a series of trainings. As part of our...

“Christmas 2021 message of the Upper Room Mission”

The Upper Room Mission would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022 in good health at all times...

Letter of Endorsement – Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan

As a recognition and acknowledgement of the Upper Room Mission initiative, Bishop Emeritus of the ELCJHL Dr. Munib Younan has given his blessings and an endorsement letter for the work we are doing...