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Gifts of technical skill in worship and of helping young people feel calm in a busy environment have been recognised by the United Reformed Church (URC)’s Lundie Awards. The awards, coordinated by the URC’s Children’s, Youth and Intergenerational team, celebrate young poeple using their God-given skills, time and talents to good effect within their church […]

38 Degrees, the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT), and partner organisations are celebrating a major campaign victory after the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, announced in the Budget on Wednesday that the two-child limit on benefits will be abolished from April 2026, a change expected to lift around 450,000 children out of poverty. Roo Stewart, Head […]

Paul Morrison, Policy Advisor for the Joint Public Issues Team, responds to the budget. A Budget that will reduce child poverty The Chancellor has announced that from April next year the two-child limit on benefits will be abolished. This is cause for enormous celebration. The limit denies means-tested benefits for the third and later children […]

The Assembly Executive Budget Meeting 2025 took place online and at the Offices of General Assembly in London, on Tuesday 25 November. Session 1 The Revd Irish Sirmon, Convenor of the Business Committee, welcomed Assembly representatives to the meeting. A time of reflective worship was led by the Revd Samantha (Sam) Sheehan. She used as […]

As part of the Standing Together initiative, guests from the Caribbean visited central London on 12 November, meeting with a diverse group of church and community representatives at Lumen URC and the Offices of General Assembly. During a week-long programme of site visits, online conversations, and in-person gatherings, the Revd Kevin “Nana Moses” Calvert, Minister […]

Seven new URC ministers from Wessex to Wales had the opportunity to visit Church House in November. Staff from across all the Assembly Offices were pleased to spend time with the ministers, who were between one month and one year into their first appointments. In turn, the ministers were able to ask questions about the […]