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yoURChurch, a United Reformed Church (URC) congregation which meets exclusively online, recently received its first members at a Communion service. At the service led by the Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the North Western Synod, 11 people were received. Lawrence Heath-Moore, Central Area Mission Mentor for North Western Synod, said the event “wasn’t without its […]

United Reformed Church Youth Moderator, Philippa Osei, recently joined a group of young leaders aged 18-35 from around the world at a conference in Jerusalem. Organised by Sabeel, the annual young adults conference held from 18-27 July was the first to take place since being postponed due to the pandemic and was entitled “Time to […]

A unique alliance between a church and its community that has been ongoing for more than 120 years has established a thriving partnership fit for the future. In 2020, the Uniting Church in Garden Lane, a local ecumenical partnership between the Methodist and United Reformed Churches in Mersey Synod, set about evaluating its current role […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church in seven days, 14-21 August 2023. Thames North Synod A celebration of togetherness was held in July for the creation of a new church that will serve two ecumenical communities in Luton and Dunstable. Newland Church, a local ecumenical partnership, describes itself as a […]

An award-winning school uniform swap shop run from St Columba’s United Reformed Church (URC) in Wolverhampton has for the third year helped cash-strapped parents save thousands of pounds. So successful is the free swap shop, Wolverhampton Council has teamed up with it ahead of the start of the new school term to help even more families. […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) is saddened to learn of the death of the Revd Alan Gaunt at the age of 88. Alan Gaunt was a URC minister and an internationally renowned hymn writer. Eighteen of his hymns are in Rejoice and Sing, a collection of hymns and songs for the URC which he helped […]