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Small or big, rural or urban, coastal or estate; busy, quiet, growing, surviving or flourishing — United Reformed churches are diverse. Yet many share a common calling: to be welcoming, inclusive, outreaching, anti-poverty, and deeply rooted as community hubs where people can find belonging, support and hope. Beginning on 16 February 2026, the United Reformed […]

A round-up of news from across the United Reformed Church in the run-up to Christmas. Mersey Synod West Kirby URC enjoyed remembering the reason for the season with its children’s church during a Nativity service. Inspired by Luke 2:10, the church also invited members of the community to have fun taking photos by the angel […]

Darwen Asylum Seeker Refugee Enterprise (DARE) hosted a special teddy bears’ picnic during the half term. Based at Central United Reformed Church in Darwen, DARE’s picnic offered a fun afternoon for local families and provided a chance to welcome the children whose parents usually attend the midweek parent drop-in. A key aim of the picnic, […]

Churches need to be more aware of the presence of children living in care, members of the Children’s Ministry Network (CMN) were told at their annual conference in November. Members were told that, “realistically, most churches will have someone with personal or close connection to current or historic experience of being part of families that […]

A lifelong ambition to appear on the classic quiz show Bullseye has been fulfilled for one minister. In November, the Revd Jim Williams, a minister within the Lancashire West Missional Partnership, and his son Henry appeared on an episode of the show which broadcast on 16 November. The pair won £2,000 for Blackpool’s Streetlife Trust, […]

In a report based on its national survey of churches in the UK, the National Churches Trust (NCT) paints a mixed picture of the state of local church buildings and the fortunes of their congregations. The survey, NCT’s first for 15 years, received responses from 3,628 churches, broadly representative of the UK in terms of […]