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Day two of the URC 2024 General Assembly continued at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick on 13 July. Worship and Bible study “God has spoken; God is still speaking,” Karen Campbell, Chaplain to the Moderator told General Assembly. She and fellow chaplain the Revd Stephen Ansa-Addo were leading worship on the second morning of […]

For 26 years, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) Community Project Awards have recognised outstanding community projects in United Reformed Churches and its churches in ecumenical partnerships, that demonstrate the love of God and the mission of the Church by reaching out in many different ways to help the local communities in which our churches serve. […]

Day one of the 2024 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC), met at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick on 12 July. Opening the 2024 General Assembly in worship, Karen Campbell, one of the Chaplains to the Moderator of General Assembly, announced the theme for worship throughout Assembly: innovation. The theme is inspired […]

The 2024 United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly takes place from 12-15 July at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. The General Assembly meets annually to celebrate, discuss, worship and make decisions about the life and work of the URC.  It is the Church’s highest decision-making body. Items on the agenda include Safer Recruitment and […]

An appeal launched by the Commitment for Life team in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza has topped more than £15,500. Let’s help them reach £20,000. The hope is that the funds will go towards a project currently being developed by the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC) which has cleared land in the […]

We congratulate Sir Keir Starmer on his appointment as Prime Minister, and all who will now take their seats representing their constituencies as Members of Parliament in Westminster. The election campaign has been hard-fought, but we know that the real challenges still lie ahead. The new government inherits a situation where poverty in the UK […]