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The 2023 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, meeting both in-person and online, opened on 30 June at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick and began with worship led by the Revd Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplain to the Moderator 2022-2023. “Spaces of grace” is the theme underpinning worship throughout Assembly, and this was the starting […]

Colleagues and friends gathered at Church House on 21 June to wish Jane Baird well for her retirement.  Jane has served as Deputy General Secretary (Administration & Resources) for the past nine years.  Her last working day will be 30 June.  “It has been a huge privilege to serve the URC over the past nine […]

Preparing for the school summer holidays? The United Reformed Church (URC) Children’s and Youth Work (CYW) committee offers grants of £50 or £100 to churches needing support to run holiday clubs.   The CYW Team also offers free resources that contain suggestions for a holiday club for children aged five-11-year-olds, and materials for intergenerational, toddlers, […]

Delegates from across Europe involved in children’s ministry and religious education have spent a week in fellowship on the shores of Lake Balaton, Hungary. The European Conference on Christian Education (ECCE), which meet last month along the theme of “Deep cries out: Growing through crisis to reignite children’s ministry’, usually takes place every three years, […]

The Council for World Mission (CWM), has held its Annual Members’ Meeting in Changhua, Taiwan, as an act of support and solidarity with the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan (PCT), and the wider Taiwanese society. CWM comprises 32 member churches – including The United Reformed Church – from six global regions. Karen Campbell, URC Secretary for Global […]

Updated September 2023 This year, the United Reformed Church (URC) at Greenbelt continued with the theme of ‘Revolting Christians’ – people who take a stand to challenge or break the political, social and economic systems of our world in order to bring about justice.  The URC at Greenbelt Craft Team invited churches around the denomination […]