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The West Midlands Synod offers this prayer after blazes took place across the West Midlands on the hottest day of the year, so far. It is reported that in Stourbridge, 19 homes have been completely destroyed, while West Midlands firefighters continue to tackle hotspots across open grassland in seven areas. There have been 54 casualties […]

The United Reformed Church is marking International Youth Day by launching its first ever Youth Moderator’s Blog. The URC’s Youth Moderator, Kacie Hodgson, and Youth Moderator Elect, Alex Clements, have teamed up to write a monthly blog for the URC website. They say, “we want to take you along on our journey – sharing our […]

The United Reformed Church’s (URC) Racial Justice Advocates (RJAs) are calling on the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour promises made to the Windrush generation. The RJAs are also backing an open letter signed by 70 public figures supporting the Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) campaign for a radical overhaul of the Windrush Compensation […]

A Bible that tells the story of a special Anglo-German relationship has been presented to the URC’s Offices of the General Assembly in London. The striking, illustrated Bible was brought to London by Catriona Wheeler, the immediate past Moderator of the General Assembly, from Trinity URC in Lincoln, which closed in January this year. The […]

A selection of news and stories from churches and communities across the United Reformed Church Yorkshire Synod Who needs just one scarecrow when you can have a congregation of them instead? In time for Harvest, the famous Bridge Church Scarecrows have planted themselves around Otley Bridge URC church lawn and are set to remain there […]

Rainbows across Leeds city centre looked down over a vigil for Berlin victims on 5 August The congregations of Stainbeck and St Andrew’s Roundhay United Reformed churches were among those represented at a vigil held for victims of the attack that took place during a Pride celebration in Berlin’s Tiergarten last month. The vigil was […]