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Colleagues and friends gathered at Church House on 21 June to wish Jane Baird well for her retirement.  Jane has served as Deputy General Secretary (Administration & Resources) for the past nine years.  Her last working day will be 30 June.  “It has been a huge privilege to serve the URC over the past nine […]

Preparing for the school summer holidays? The United Reformed Church (URC) Children’s and Youth Work (CYW) committee offers grants of £50 or £100 to churches needing support to run holiday clubs.   The CYW Team also offers free resources that contain suggestions for a holiday club for children aged five-11-year-olds, and materials for intergenerational, toddlers, […]

Delegates from across Europe involved in children’s ministry and religious education have spent a week in fellowship on the shores of Lake Balaton, Hungary. The European Conference on Christian Education (ECCE), which meet last month along the theme of “Deep cries out: Growing through crisis to reignite children’s ministry’, usually takes place every three years, […]

The Council for World Mission (CWM), has held its Annual Members’ Meeting in Changhua, Taiwan, as an act of support and solidarity with the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan (PCT), and the wider Taiwanese society. CWM comprises 32 member churches – including The United Reformed Church – from six global regions. Karen Campbell, URC Secretary for Global […]

Updated September 2023 This year, the United Reformed Church (URC) at Greenbelt continued with the theme of ‘Revolting Christians’ – people who take a stand to challenge or break the political, social and economic systems of our world in order to bring about justice.  The URC at Greenbelt Craft Team invited churches around the denomination […]

The 2023 United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly takes place from 30 June to 3 July at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. Items on the agenda include Legacies of Slavery and proposals for repairing justice such as mandatory anti-racism training; ways to support the Transcarpathian Reformed Church in Ukraine; opposition to the Illegal Migration […]