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The United Reformed Church’s Education and Learning Committee is launching a new grant to support lay discipleship development. Funding for the Discipleship Development Large Grant Award comes from the proceeds from the sale of the Windermere Centre. Around £5,000 per award per annum is available to recognised groups within the URC which can apply to […]

The Joint Public Issues Team and Eco-Congregation Scotland have co-produced a variety of resources for the Season of Creation. Each year, from 1 September to 4 October churches are encouraged to have a focus on the season – also known as Creationtide or Creation Time – with all the joys and responsibilities that being part of […]

The Revd Ruth Whitehead, Moderator of the United Reformed Church’s South Western Synod, offers a reflection and prayer after yesterday’s shooting in Plymouth. The events in Plymouth on Thursday, which unfolded sometime after 6pm, are still not fully understood, but it seems that a young man shot dead five people and then killed himself. For […]

Oakshaw Trinity Church, in Paisley in the United Reformed Church National Synod of Scotland, has been awarded an Eco-Congregation Scotland Silver Award. Eco-Congregation Scotland is a movement of Scottish churches, of all denominations and of none, committed to addressing environmental issues through their life and mission. The Silver award recognises the church’s work and care […]

Dame Margaret Seward, a former Secretary of Richmond Hill St Andrew’s United Reformed Church in Dorset, and pioneer in the British dental sector, has died aged 86. She was the first Dame within the profession, the first female resident dental house surgeon at The London Hospital, the first woman to be elected to the dentists’ […]

The Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN) has embarked on an ambitious relay across the UK to raise the message of climate justice ahead of COP26. YCNN will carrying the sail of a unique boat it has constructed, inscribed with the message “Rise to the Moment”. The relay, supported by Christian Aid and many others, kicked off in Cornwall after […]