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Andrea Heron, Chaplain to the General Assembly Moderator 2024-2025, offered reflections on John 2, the story of the wedding at Cana, on the final day of Assembly Executive 2025. She talked about the actors’ game “Yes and…”, where people pair off, one person suggests a scene for them to act and the other goes with […]

Day two of the 2025 meeting of Assembly Executive opened with worship, led by the Revd Andrew Mann-Ray, one of the General Assembly Moderator’s Chaplains. He reminded members that God lifts up the weary and gives hope to the hopeless. The reading was from Romans 4, about Abraham trusting God’s promise of a son after […]

The 2025 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 3 February at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, with a welcome by the Revd Tim Meadows, Moderator of the URC General Assembly 2024-2025. The Moderator also welcomed members into new roles and new members of Assembly Executive attending for the first […]

Fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, from Yorkshire Synod, is December’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Lu Hunt, the Children’s and Family’s Worker at Herringthorpe URC who made the nomination, described Joe as: “Someone who really does make a difference in the life of the church. We are so proud of Joe and we’re so grateful to […]

The winter meeting of Assembly Executive 2025 is to take place at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick from 3-5 February. Assembly Executive is the executive body of the United Reformed Church’s General Assembly, meeting yearly to review and continue its work. Items on the agenda include such as the future of General Assembly Committee […]

A round up of news from across the United Reformed Church over the past seven days 19-26 January 2025. East Midlands A warm celebration was held at Fountain Square Church in Tideswell recently for the induction of the Revd Carole Marsden. Alongside her full-time ministry as Community Warden at Cliff College, Carole will serve as […]