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Matilda Willis, aged eight, from United Reformed Church (URC) West Midlands Synod has been named October’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Matilda, who attends Sutton Coldfield URC, enjoys Messy Church sessions. So inspired by them, the eight-year-old approached the organising team with some ideas of her own. Some of her ideas included making daisy […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) has joined Let’s End Poverty, a major new social movement launched to help bring an end to poverty experienced throughout the UK. The campaigns urges people to call for politicians to make the end of poverty part of their party policies and their manifestos for the next General Election. Let’s […]

Your prayers for the United Reformed Church 2025 Prayer Handbook, with the theme Immersive Joy, are now invited. Wherever you are, wherever you have been, whatever the journey which moves you to write, we would love to hear from you. Prayer Handbook Editors, the Revd Susan McCoan and the Revd Stephen Ansa-Addo, URC Ministers at […]

Thanks to grants from the United Reformed Church (URC) Children’s and Youth Work (CYW) Team, 15 clubs were supported this summer with a grant of either £50 or £100. For some churches, this was their first holiday club while others had been established for some time. The crafts, activities and games offered at the clubs […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 9-15 November. Mersey Synod Christ Church United Reformed Church in Port Sunlight, with the assistance of the Green Watch from Bromborough Community Fire Station, has installed a River of Poppies on the tower of its building. The River of Poppies […]

The Revd Lucy Brierley, Minister of Woking United Reformed Church in Surrey, offers this reflection for Remembrance Sunday 2023: As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,  saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! Luke 19 v41-42 Many worship leaders face […]