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The Faith in Action Team is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jo Griffiths as the new Head of Children, Youth and Intergenerational Discipleship (CYID). Jo, who will begin her new role on 1 July, joins the United Reformed Church from Ridley Hall, Cambridge, where she served as Director of Studies and Children’s and Family […]

Police are keeping an open mind about the potential motives of a man whose car hit and injured seven people in Derby city centre on Saturday (28 March). The incident took place near to Ashbourne Road Church, a United Reformed Church in Derby in East Midlands Synod. Vicky Longbone, Church Related Community Worker for Derby […]

Take young people seriously and be prepared to get alongside them, were key messages that emerged from a recent conference, “Are We Ready?: Co-creating a response to the quiet revival”. The event was hosted by the United Reformed Church in London and organised by Youth Ministry Roundtable – a network of Churches Together in Britain […]

Catriona Wheeler, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, has joined more than 720 faith leaders in writing to the Shabana Mahmood MP, the Home Secretary, to raise concerns for refuge families amidst major asylum policy overhaul.  In the letter, the faith said that removing family reunion for refugees’ risks pushing people into smugglers […]

At the Installation of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury earlier today, the first woman to be elected to that ministry, the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, one of the Presidents of Churches Together in England and Moderator of the Free Churches’ Group, took part in the historic and joy-filled service by asking the […]

Palm Sunday invites us into one of the most dramatic and revealing moments in the story of Jesus, a moment filled with celebration, expectation, and profound misunderstanding. In this reflection, the Revd Stephen Ansa-Addo, Minister of Park, Hungerford and Thatcham URCs in Wessex Synod, explores that tension through Matthew 21:1–11 (NRSV). As Jesus enters Jerusalem, […]