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The Revd Lindsey Sanderson led worship on the last morning of General Assembly 2023. The Revd Yufen Chen read Ephesians 4. Assembly then sang a hymn written specially by the Revd Dominic Grant in response to the discussions of the last four days.  Session ten Moderator-Elect 2023-2024 acceptance speech “Have we not seen assembly charting […]

Day three of the United Reformed Church 2023 General Assembly started with worship and a Bible study led by Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, themed “A space of grace is a space of reconciliation and peace-making”. In her study, Dr Brady explored the theme through Mark 4:35-41, saying: […]

Day two of the United Reformed Church 2023 General Assembly started with worship and a Bible study led by Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Dr Brady began with the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19. She talked about how in her own Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the […]

The 2023 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, meeting both in-person and online, opened on 30 June at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick and began with worship led by the Revd Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplain to the Moderator 2022-2023. “Spaces of grace” is the theme underpinning worship throughout Assembly, and this was the starting […]

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, […]