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The United Reformed Church has joined the Joesph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), the Trussell Trust and 200 other organisations in criticising Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer for a “stark lack of focus” on how each plans to tackle poverty ahead of the General Election. The organisations’ criticism follows a study by JRF, published on 17 June, […]

The life of Eric Liddell, the runner nicknamed “The Flying Scotsman” and immortalised in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, was celebrated during a service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Saturday 22 June. The service was part of “The Eric Liddell 100” commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of Liddell winning gold in […]

Amersham Free Church, a United Reformed Church in Buckinghamshire, is hosting a trumpet and drum concert to raise money for international development agency Christian Aid. Featuring two nationally acclaimed musicians, the concert takes place on Sunday, 30 June at 3pm. The Revd Ian Green, Minister of Amersham Free Church, explained: “We’re very pleased to be […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 19-25 June. East Midlands Synod A big round of applause to St Andrew’s URC in Peterborough which, in May, dedicated its monthly “bring and share” lunches to raise money for Christian Aid. A whopping £884 was raised further supplemented […]

Wendy Hall, an Elder of Groby United Reformed Church in Leicestershire, is set to become the Newbigin Pionneering Hub’s first URC Assembly Accredited Lay Pioneer. In this reflection, Wendy shares her story about how she went from the margins of church to being at its centre: ”I feel as if I have always sat on […]

Everything at Transforming Lives for Good (TGL) begins with the local church. When TLG first began in 1999, it worked with one church responding to the needs of struggling children in their local community – now it equips more than 200 churches of all shapes and sizes across the UK. TLG equips churches, like Bere […]