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A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 18-24 March 2025. East Midlands Synod The Revd Kevin Jones, a former army chaplain, has become the first minister inducted to the new South West Derbyshire Area Partnership. Ashbourne Road Church, a Methodist and URC LEP in Derby, hosted […]

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 ambitious’ in its forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy. The call comes in an open letter to the co-chairs of the Ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, Bridget Philipson, Secretary of State for […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) is holding a hymn-filled service on 3 May to celebrate 35 years of its hymn book, Rejoice and Sing. Following on from the 50th anniversary service in April 2023, where 1,200 people gathered to celebrate the first 50 years of the URC, hundreds of people will gather at the Methodist […]

West Kirby United Reformed Church has celebrated three decades of its beloved toddler group with a special event.   Families past and present joined the festivities, which included a joyful service, birthday cake, and bouncy castles. The church has been running two toddler group sessions every Friday, along with a monthly dads’ group since 1995, creating […]

One of the URC’s largest churches, Woking United Reformed Church, celebrated its 20th anniversary last month. The service was lead by the Revd Lucy Brierley, and the address was given by the General Secretary of the URC, the Revd Dr John Bradbury.  The 20th anniversary of Woking URC was marked by a Communion Service on […]

Ninety-five young people gathered for a weekend of fun, faith and fellowship at Youth Assembly 2025. At the event, held from 7-9 March at Kings Park Conference Centre in Northampton and themed “All are welcome”, Maya Withall was inducted as the Youth Assembly Moderator for 2025-26 and Kacie Hodgson was elected as Moderator-Elect. In a […]