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An appeal launched by the United Reformed Church to help bring relief to Jamaican communities devasted by Hurricane Melissa has topped more than £42,000. The hurricane struck the island on 28 October with 185mph winds, ripping the roofs off 120,000 structures and affecting 90,000 families. Homes, hospitals and infrastructure were destroyed. Church communities and family […]

Labyrinth-walking and a famous tree stump were highlights of a fruitful residential meeting of the URC Youth Executive in January. URC Youth Executive gathered at Shepherds Dene retreat house in Northumbria for a weekend in January to finalise Youth Assembly 2026 preparations and enjoy some spiritual and physical rest and time together. URC Children’s, Youth […]

A selection of news and stories from churches and communities across the United Reformed Church. Southern Synod Pam Tolhurst, Church Leader at Gillingham URC, received the Volunteer Champion Award at the 2025 Langley Trust People Awards. Pam is volunteer Chaplain to two Langley Trust projects in the Medway Towns in Kent. The Trust is a […]

One thousand people from across the world gathered at Methodist Central Hall (MCH) in London on Saturday 17 January to mark the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly. The first meeting was held in the same building on 10 January 1946, five months after the Second World War ended. URC guests joined with […]

This morning, the Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship. awoke, turned on the radio and heard an incredulous Amul Rajan reading a letter from Mr Trump to the Norwegian Prime Minister. “The American President has linked threats to seize Greenland to his failure to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,” Andy said. “I’ve spent […]

Ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses against the people of Armenia has been ignored by the international community, say the authors of resources prepared for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU). The week is traditionally observed 18 – 25 January. This year’s theme, “One Body, One Spirit”, is inspired by verses from […]