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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 URC in East Midlands Synod, Zoe is called a “ray of sunshine” in her church community. Rebecca said: “Zoe has buoyed up the church with her jokes and ongoing service. We’re very […]

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 peace”. Led by a team including Ruth and Peter Musgrave and Sheila Baldwin, the group are in the midst of creating a “pollinated pathway” to encourage butterflies and bees to spread within […]

The Assembly Executive of the United Reformed Church, meeting at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, has reappointed the Revd Geoffrey Clarke as Moderator of the East Midlands Synod. The Review Panel unanimously nominated Geoffrey to serve until July 2029, following an extensive review process, including responses from church members, Elders, churches in the […]

In mid-January, the Revd Lythan Nevard, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, formed part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome with church leaders from Norfolk and Waveney. Here, Lythan reflects on the trip: I was privileged to join church leaders of Norfolk and Waveney. We were Baptist, URC, Quaker, Catholic and Anglican. It […]

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 of Assembly Executive 2025. She talked about the actors’ game “Yes and…”, where people pair off, one person suggests a scene for them to act and the other goes with […]

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 Chaplains. He reminded members that God lifts up the weary and gives hope to the hopeless. The reading was from Romans 4, about Abraham trusting God’s promise of a son after […]