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At the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) 2025 Conference in Derby, Welcome Churches shared its bold vision for a future where every refugee in the UK is within walking distance of a welcoming congregation. Founded in Derby through the Welcome Boxes project, Welcome Churches has grown into a national network of more than 1,400 churches […]

Nearly 250 justice seekers gathered at the Joint Public Issues Team’s (JPIT) 2025 conference held at the Reach Conference Centre in Derby on 8 November. With keynotes, listening spaces, workshops, crafts, and a range of stalls there was much for people to engage with and be inspired by. Simeon Mitchell, JPIT Team Leader, opened the […]

The United Reformed Church, through Commitment for Life, has launched an appeal to support both the immediate and long-term needs of affected church communities across Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. “The needs are monumental,” said the Revd Dr Gordon Cowans, former Moderator of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. “A special church team […]

Catriona Wheeler, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, has added her voice to a statement in defence of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In total, 292 charities and organisations – including Amnesty, Shelter, Mind, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, and Parkinsons UK – have stated their support for the ECHR […]

URC Children’s and Youth staff and volunteers have received a special word of thanks for their work at the Greenbelt Festival over the past four years. From 2021 until this past summer, the URC Youth CYDO+ Team has been central to the youth provision and programming at the arts, politics and spirituality festival. Greenbelt’s Creative […]

The Revd Stuart P Turner, a United Reformed Church minister who has served as a British Army Chaplain since 2009, will be deployed overseas for Remembrance. In this reflection, Stuart gives thanks for those who have served with courage and selflessness — from Britain and the Commonwealth, past and present — while also lamenting the […]