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81 years ago, on 9 February 1945, the Presbyterian Church in England (PCE) lost some of its leading figures when a V2 rocket fell close to the denomination’s offices in London. PCE was one of the Church denominations that joined to form the United Reformed Church (URC), and Presbyterian Church House stood on the site […]

What began as a dream has grown into a thriving faith community at a secondary school in West Midlands Synod. Eva Nicholls, aged 17, a pupil at King Edward VI School in Lichfield, had a dream about having a Bible study at King Edward IV’s high school in Lichfield. Eva shared her dream with the […]

The 2026 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 7 February online with a welcome by the Catriona Wheeler, Moderator of the URC General Assembly 2025-2026. Session one Opening Worship was led by the Revd Jane Wade, Chaplain to the Moderator, who called the meeting to centre its work in God’s […]

An appeal launched by the United Reformed Church to help bring relief to Jamaican communities devasted by Hurricane Melissa has topped more than £42,000. The hurricane struck the island on 28 October with 185mph winds, ripping the roofs off 120,000 structures and affecting 90,000 families. Homes, hospitals and infrastructure were destroyed. Church communities and family […]

Labyrinth-walking and a famous tree stump were highlights of a fruitful residential meeting of the URC Youth Executive in January. URC Youth Executive gathered at Shepherds Dene retreat house in Northumbria for a weekend in January to finalise Youth Assembly 2026 preparations and enjoy some spiritual and physical rest and time together. URC Children’s, Youth […]

A selection of news and stories from churches and communities across the United Reformed Church. Southern Synod Pam Tolhurst, Church Leader at Gillingham URC, received the Volunteer Champion Award at the 2025 Langley Trust People Awards. Pam is volunteer Chaplain to two Langley Trust projects in the Medway Towns in Kent. The Trust is a […]