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As part of the Standing Together initiative, guests from the Caribbean visited central London on 12 November, meeting with a diverse group of church and community representatives at Lumen URC and the Offices of General Assembly. During a week-long programme of site visits, online conversations, and in-person gatherings, the Revd Kevin “Nana Moses” Calvert, Minister […]

Seven new URC ministers from Wessex to Wales had the opportunity to visit Church House in November. Staff from across all the Assembly Offices were pleased to spend time with the ministers, who were between one month and one year into their first appointments. In turn, the ministers were able to ask questions about the […]

Leaders of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches have issued the following statement in response to the government’s announcements this week on proposed changes to its asylum and returns policy: Let us keep loving our neighbours. Public debate around migration has increasingly been shaped by voices that trade in fear, resentment, and the scapegoating […]

What’s in a name? Quite a lot when it comes to the name Reform. Which is the name of the URC’s national magazine – but also of other things. Reform magazine has had its name since it came into being, at the same time as the United Reformed Church itself. But the times, they are […]

Opening Worship The closing day of the URC’s Extraordinary General Assembly, held at Kent’s Hill Park Conference Centre in Milton Keynes, opened with worship, led by the Revd Jane Wade, Chaplain to the Moderator.  Worship began with Assembly singing a moving rendition of The Lord’s my Shepherd [Psalm 23] by Stuart Townend and a reading […]

Day Two of the  Extraordinary Meeting of the United Reformed Church General Assembly began with worship, led by the Revd Jane Wade, Chaplain to the Moderator. The Revd Richard Byass then continued his short series of Bible studies, this morning reflecting on St Paul’s letter to the Philippians, chapter 2, verses 1-13. His theme was “Growing […]