Diss United Reformed Church celebrated the 10th anniversary of its popular Dove Dementia Café early this month. The café first opened its doors in J...
Prayers to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine
24 February 2025 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since 1945. According to the United...
“Shining star” gains Lundie Memorial Award
Meet Zoe Logan, the recipient of January’s Lundie Memorial Award. Nominated by Rebecca Smith, junior church leader at St Andrew’s with Castle Gate...
Butterflies and Bees: spreading the pollen of peace
In Ilford’s urban-dense, nature-depleted town centre you’ll find a group of people from the Vine Church Ilford striving to spread the “pollen of...
Geoffrey Clarke reappointed East Midlands Synod Moderator
The Assembly Executive of the United Reformed Church, meeting at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, has reappointed the Revd Geoffre...
Encounter with Pope Francis called an “honour” on pilgrimage to Rome
In mid-January, the Revd Lythan Nevard, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, formed part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome with ch...
Assembly Executive: day three round-up 5 February 2025
Andrea Heron, Chaplain to the General Assembly Moderator 2024-2025, offered reflections on John 2, the story of the wedding at Cana, on the final day ...
Assembly Executive: day two round-up 4 February 2025
Day two of the 2025 meeting of Assembly Executive opened with worship, led by the Revd Andrew Mann-Ray, one of the General Assembly Moderator’s Chap...
Assembly Executive: day one round-up 3 February 2025
The 2025 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 3 February at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, with a welcom...
Lundie Memorial Award: December 2024 award
Fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, from Yorkshire Synod, is December’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Lu Hunt, the Children’s and Family’s Wor...