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The United Reformed Church’s (URC) Racial Justice Advocates (RJAs) are calling on the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour promises made to the Windrush generation. The RJAs are also backing an open letter signed by 70 public figures supporting the Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) campaign for a radical overhaul of the Windrush Compensation […]

A Bible that tells the story of a special Anglo-German relationship has been presented to the URC’s Offices of the General Assembly in London. The striking, illustrated Bible was brought to London by Catriona Wheeler, the immediate past Moderator of the General Assembly, from Trinity URC in Lincoln, which closed in January this year. The […]

A selection of news and stories from churches and communities across the United Reformed Church Yorkshire Synod Who needs just one scarecrow when you can have a congregation of them instead? In time for Harvest, the famous Bridge Church Scarecrows have planted themselves around Otley Bridge URC church lawn and are set to remain there […]

Rainbows across Leeds city centre looked down over a vigil for Berlin victims on 5 August The congregations of Stainbeck and St Andrew’s Roundhay United Reformed churches were among those represented at a vigil held for victims of the attack that took place during a Pride celebration in Berlin’s Tiergarten last month. The vigil was […]

Neil Thorogood, Moderator of the United Reformed Church’s General Assembly has very personal reasons to mourn the loss of wildlife and habitat in the recent UK wildfires. In the second of his “Moderator’s Blogs”, Neil describes the carnage wrought by wildfires across over 350 acres of Dunwich Heath on the coast of Suffolk. He says […]

For two weeks in July, Abbey United Reformed Church hosted Linus quilts as part of this year’s Romsey Festival.  Project Linus UK is a volunteer-based project that provides homemade, washable quilts to babies, children and teenagers. The quilts on display in the beautiful Abbey URC were made by members of the Romsey Quilters. Following the […]