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July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate disabled people, affirm their inherent dignity and rights, promote their visibility, and recognise their achievements. The United Reformed Church Disability Awareness Task Group would like to celebrate Disability Pride by listening to and amplifying the views of disabled people across the denomination.  If you are a […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days: 31 May to 5 June. Yorkshire Synod Yorkshire Synod has sadly announced the death of Rosie Buxton, a much-loved Church Related Community Worker (CRCW), colleague and friend. Rosie was the CRCW at Moldgreen, Waverley and Brackenhall URCs in Huddersfield […]

Determined fundraisers from a Woking church have raised more than £11,000 for charity after an 82-hour Bible readathon. The Revd Lucy Brierley and the team at Woking United Reformed Church are celebrating after their four-day challenge – part of Christian Aid Week 2023 – proved a massive hit. The readathon, which was live-streamed on YouTube […]

There are more insights into the situation in Ukraine in this month’s edition of Reform. Katherine Kelaidis reports on the battles of Orthodoxy and freedom taking place there as result of historic tensions with Russia. Closer to home, Andy Atkins, CEO of the Christian environmental organisation A Rocha UK, talks collaboration, campaigning and COPs. Victoria Turner […]

A round-up of what’s happening in and around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the coming months. May Retaining team members Join the Children’s and Youth Work Team on Zoom on 25 May from 7-8pm for a discussion on recruiting and retaining team members. Guest speaker, John Stephenson, Youth Work Adviser for Northern Synod, will […]

This year, Greenbelt celebrates its 50th anniversary. That’s 50 years of celebrating arts, faith and activism. But what exactly is attending the festival like? Here, the Revd Adrian Bulley, Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship), shares what it was like attending his first festival 14 years ago, what stopped him making the festival a regular summer activity, […]