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This year, Racial Justice Sunday coincides with Valentine’s Day, 14 February. Members of the United Reformed Church (URC’s) Global and Intercultural Ministries (GIM) team find themselves considering the theme ‘What kind of love…?’  Karen Campbell, URC Secretary for GIM, explains: On Valentine’s Day, many of us make a special fuss of someone special. Physically or metaphorically, […]

Formed almost 50 years ago in 1972, the United Reformed Church (URC) and Congregational Federation (CF) are seeking contributions for a book aimed at celebrating their jubilees. Positive reflections or stories of encouragement from then or now and with an eye to the future have been requested by the planning, made up of CF and […]

Two teenagers have been named the latest recipients of the Lundie Memorial Award. Thirteen-year-old James Gough, pictured left, from the United Reformed Church (URC) South Western Synod, received the award in December for sharing his technical skills during the Covid-19 pandemic when he joined the all-age worship team. Joseph Hartley, 16, pictured right, from the […]

It is with deep sadness that the United Reformed Church (URC) announces the death of the Revd Peter McIntosh, a former Moderator of its General Assembly and Director of The Windermere Centre. Mr McIntosh began his ministerial career at Byker Presbyterian Church/Priory Green URC in Newcastle in 1968. He also ministered at St Andrew’s Dartford […]

Chorley United Reformed Church (URC) received three new church members via Zoom at their Covenant Service on 3 January. Apart from a brief respite in the autumn, the church has been offering an online act of worship on YouTube since last March. The reception of three new members was called a “great joy” to the […]

The United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination, comes into force on 22 January. The Joint Public Issues Team – representing the United Reformed Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church […]