Judaism teaches Christianity the power of lament. Sometimes, all we can do is weep and rage. Sometimes, God and faith have to navigate our agonies. My...
Faithfulness in a time of change
A few folk did wonder if I’d made my home at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. No sooner had the URC’s General Assembly concluded then I wa...
A farewell with thankfulness: Remembering Trinity URC Lincoln
In this reflection, Catriona Wheeler, General Assembly Moderator and Elder of Trinity URC in Lincoln, shares what it means to say goodbye to a church ...
Bible Journalling
A couple of months before General Assembly my chaplain, Jane Wade, got in touch to ask what bible I would like to be presented with at the service app...
Gwen Hall, pioneering lay leader in the CCEW and the URC, 1926-2025
The United Reformed Church (URC) is saddened to share that Gwen Hall, a pioneering lay leader in its life and one of the people central to the union o...
The induction of Catriona Wheeler as Moderator of the General Assembly
“Will you undertake to exercise your ministry in accordance with the statement concerning the Nature, Faith and Order of the United Reformed Church?...
Reflection on Acts 14:1-7
On the 4th June 1989, on my 20th birthday, I prepared to travel to Berlin as part of a Mersey Province trip to Germany for Kirchentag, the Protestant ...
Reflection on John 2:1-11
There’s a game that’s used to teach young actors something fundamental about acting. It’s so well-known it’s become a trope – it’s even ta...
FaithTalk – Everyday evangelism in the URC
An Evening with Trey Hall The next webinar, An Evening with Trey Hall, is at 7pm on Wednesday 7 May. Trey is the Director of Evangelism and Growth at ...
Faith leaders call for bold action on child poverty
Leaders from the URC have joined other senior faith leaders from across the country to issue an urgent call for the government to be ‘bold and ambit...