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Diss United Reformed Church celebrated the 10th anniversary of its popular Dove Dementia Café early this month. The café first opened its doors in January 2015 to just one person with dementia. But over the years more and more have attended with the church now regularly seating between 50 and 60 people for lunch, all […]

24 February 2025 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since 1945. According to the United Nations, around 12,500 civilians, including 650 children, have died. Around 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers have also been killed in action. A just peace is still not within reach. To mark the anniversary, […]

Meet Zoe Logan, the recipient of January’s Lundie Memorial Award. Nominated by Rebecca Smith, junior church leader at St Andrew’s with Castle Gate URC in East Midlands Synod, Zoe is called a “ray of sunshine” in her church community. Rebecca said: “Zoe has buoyed up the church with her jokes and ongoing service. We’re very […]

In Ilford’s urban-dense, nature-depleted town centre you’ll find a group of people from the Vine Church Ilford striving to spread the “pollen of peace”. Led by a team including Ruth and Peter Musgrave and Sheila Baldwin, the group are in the midst of creating a “pollinated pathway” to encourage butterflies and bees to spread within […]

The Assembly Executive of the United Reformed Church, meeting at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, has reappointed the Revd Geoffrey Clarke as Moderator of the East Midlands Synod. The Review Panel unanimously nominated Geoffrey to serve until July 2029, following an extensive review process, including responses from church members, Elders, churches in the […]

In mid-January, the Revd Lythan Nevard, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, formed part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome with church leaders from Norfolk and Waveney. Here, Lythan reflects on the trip: I was privileged to join church leaders of Norfolk and Waveney. We were Baptist, URC, Quaker, Catholic and Anglican. It […]