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Senior leaders from churches and charities, including the United Reformed Church, have called on politicians to take urgent action on rising poverty in the UK and around the world. In a joint statement released on Friday, January 5, senior Christian leaders – including the General Secretary of Churches Together in England, President and Vice-President of […]

Dr Teame Mebrahtu, a long standing member of Redland Park URC in Bristol, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours for services to education, refugees, and the community of Bristol. He is an international advocate for the peaceful integration of refugees and a respected academic – who also became one of Bristol’s […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 2-9 January. National Synod of Wales Lay Ministry Weekend More than 30 people, and one dog, attended the National Synod of Wales’ annual Lay Ministry Weekend at The Metropole, Llandrindod Wells in mid-November. The Synod’s Lay Preaching Advocate, Maggie […]

In this short video, the Revd Matt Stone, a United Reformed Church (URC) minister and the Chair of the Group for Evangelism and Renewal in the URC (GEAR) reflects on the season where we remember how the wise men travelled to meet the baby Jesus; Epiphany, celebrated on 6 January 2024. Told to us through […]

In this reflection, Vicky Longbone, Church Related Community Worker for Ashbourne Road Church and Mackworth United Reformed Church’s Derby Alive to Community (A2C) project, asks us to not get too comfortable this New Year: For me, the last few years seem to have all rolled into one, it seems impossible that our first Covid lockdown […]

A round-up of Christmas news featuring local congregations from around the United Reformed Church (URC) across Advent: Thanks to church members, volunteers and stall holders, Foleshill Road URC’s Christmas fayre in Coventry raised a staggering £3,437. Members also gathered for the church’s annual “wrap & pack” night where 20 hampers were filled with Christmas goodies […]