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The Revd Dr Michael Hopkins has been nominated to serve as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Wessex Synod after the Revd Clare Downing became the Moderator of the North Western Synod in June. Michael has served in pastoral charge of local churches since his ordination in 2002, and also as Clerk of the […]

The United Reformed Church’s 2023 Advent resource for families, God in the Ordinary, is available for pre-ordering. The focus this year is on helping people find God in their daily lives as well as in the Christmas story. Each pack will contain: A giant poster with a ‘countdown to Christmas’, featuring lots of suggestions for […]

For Disability Awareness Sunday, which takes place on 17 September, the United Reformed Church (URC) Disability Awareness Task Group highlights some of the things that disabled people would like others to know about disability. During the summer, the task group carried out a survey and shared some of the responses in July for Disability Pride […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days: 29 August to 5 September. Eastern Synod Thetford URC in Norfolk has found a simple way to show that part of its mission is to bring peace, show peace and pray for peace, by installing a peace pole in […]

Thorsten Latzel, President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, made an official four-day trip to the UK in August to visit the United Reformed Church and partner organisations. The purpose of the trip was to visit innovative local churches and learn more about their contexts. First on the ecumenical trip for Mr Latzel and representatives […]

The September edition of Reform magazine is out on 27 August.  You can play ‘Top Trumps’ with the September issue of the magazine as A Good Question asks: ‘Who is your favourite disciple?’ Our four contributors come up with a surprising group of personal favourites. Who is yours? Elsewhere, Editor Steve Tomkins talks to therapist […]