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A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 9-15 September. Yorkshire Synod Toll Gavel United Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire, has recently appointed a Pioneer Pastor to work with its New Places for New People project. The vision is to form a new worshipping community, with a […]

How to speak about faith? It’s a question considered by several of the contributors to the latest edition of the URC’s Reform magazine. Michael Harvey, founder of Back to Church Sunday, thinks it’s simpler than we think. He has developed a method he calls ACORN, which is currently being trialled in the URC’s North-Western Synod. URC […]

The United Reformed Church, through its world justice programme Commitment for Life, is encouraging every member and congregation to pray for Gaza on 21 September, as part of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel. This initiative is supported by a wide range of denominations both in the UK and worldwide, and coincides […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 2-8 September. Southern Synod Zeerak Shahbaz, a member of Broadway United Church in Eastbourne who also serves as Chaplain to URC Youth, has recently returned from a trip to Kuala Lumpur where he was one of four young adults […]

Catriona Wheeler, the General Assembly Moderator of the United Reformed Church, has joined faith leaders from across the UK in calling for an end to the two-child benefit cap and for more action in tackling child poverty. In a letter, sent on 31 August, the General Assembly Moderator and 37 faith representatives wrote to the […]

The Lodge Road Community Church team were delighted to be part of the URC Kitchen Tent at this year’s Greenbelt Festival. A core group of seven was joined by 12 more members on day trips, all embracing the festival spirit. Their greatest joy came from being part of the wider URC community in the Table […]