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Northstowe faith community makes bid to help shape spiritual life of town

12 Jan 2026
The Northstowe Church Network, part of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, working in close collaboration with Northstowe Muslims, has made a bid to South Cambridgeshire District Council for the lease of the first designated Faith and Community Land site in Northstowe. Northstowe is a new town in Cambridgeshire forecast to have 24,400 residents in […]

URC member honoured at Downing Street Christmas reception

09 Jan 2026
An extra special present was gifted to a Bury Park URC member in form of an invitation to a Christmas reception at Downing Street. David Jonathan, known as Johny, attended the event at Number 10, which recognised Christians from across denominations who are actively involved in voluntary service within their local communities. The reception brought […]

Cheadle Hulme Elder gains MBE in New Year Honours

05 Jan 2026
A Stockport Elder who has been volunteering with a mountain rescue team since 1976 has been awarded an MBE. Bernie Stevens, an Elder and Local Leader at Cheadle Hulme United Reformed Church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, gained the award in the New Year’s Honours for services to the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team and to young […]

Asylum seeker’s faith restored at URC Holiday Forum

05 Jan 2026
An asylum seeker says her faith has been lifted after attending the URC’s Holiday Forum. In August, North Western Synod, the Discipleship Development Fund and local churches enabled 17 asylum seekers and refugees to attend the forum. Their presence enriched the gathering, and for some, the experience was profoundly life changing. One attendee, Mama Maria, […]

Epiphany: a day for prayer

03 Jan 2026
Roo Stewart, Head of Public Issues for the United Reformed Church, reflects on Epiphany. The 12 days of Christmas feasting have ended. Did you end up with a menagerie of birds, pipers piping, milking maids and gold rings? Me neither. Did you get your Christmas decorations down “in time”? Does it shock you that I […]

New Year’s: And God saw that it was good

29 Dec 2025
In this New Year’s Day reflection, the Revd Jenny Mills, Deputy General Secretary (Faith in Action), invites us to pause and consider what new beginnings mean for us: As another year opens before us, many of us naturally turn our thoughts to fresh starts: What shall we begin? What needs to change? And yet, we […]
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