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 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 22 June.

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.

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 19-25 June.

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.

Everything at Transforming Lives for Good (TGL) begins with the local church.

In a letter published by The Guardian on 12 June, the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, Moderator of the URC General Assembly, responds to a suggestion that it was absurd for her as a Black British woman to deliver the URC’s apology to Black Jamaicans.

For Carers Week 2024, presenter Revd Kate Bottley and the Songs of Praise team visited Elizabeth Grint, a member of Wroxham United Reformed Church in Norfolk to explore the important role that faith plays for those caring for loved ones. 

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 10-16 June 2024.

Rafael (Raff) Chaves has lived with violence, drug addiction, gang culture and complete brokenness.