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URC helps petition government on climate
04 Aug 2025
Eighteen Christian organisations, including the United Reformed Church, have called on the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Energy Secruity and Net Zero, to abandon fossil fuels. In a joint letter, signed by Catriona Wheeler, URC General Assembly Moderator 2025-2026, the organisations express deep concern that “further oil and gas extraction might be […]
Peedie Kirk plays a vital role in historic Island Games
04 Aug 2025
Peedie Kirk United Reformed Church within the National Synod of Scotland has played an important part in the historic 20th International Island Games. From 12-19 July, the Orkney Islands welcomed more than 2,000 athletes and 900 volunteers at what is believed to be Europe’s largest multi-sport event of 2025. During the opening ceremony, led […]
Around the URC in seven days: 21-27 July 2025
28 Jul 2025
A round-up of news from across the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 21-27 July. North Western Synod ARC Blackburn and Darwen Asylum Refugee Enterprise (DARE) is celebrating good news. Its three-year Partnership Fund application with The National Lottery Community Fund has been successful, securing a grant of just over £466,000. This funding […]
Gwen Hall, pioneering lay leader in the CCEW and the URC, 1926-2025
25 Jul 2025
91Ƭ (URC) is saddened to share that Gwen Hall, a pioneering lay leader in its life and one of the people central to the union of the Presbyterian Church of England (PCE) and the Congregational Church of England and Wales (CCEW) to create the URC in 1972, passed away on 12 July […]
Reform magazine: Issue 5 2025
21 Jul 2025
The work of “prophetic activism” runs powerfully through the latest edition of Reform. Niall Cooper, stepping down after 28 years as Director of Church Action on Poverty, argues that churches have more power to bring about change than they realise. A group of church members quiz Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on climate change, and […]
Dancing with God: a journey to ministry training
21 Jul 2025
From Edinburgh to London to Newcastle, from bank apprenticeship to PhD and university researcher, Ann Sinclair’s journey to Non-Stipendiary Ministry has been one of faith, growth, and divine choreography. Ann, a member of St Andrew’s URC Monkseaton in the Northern Synod, likens her journey to a dance with God. Sometimes, she says, they sway on […]
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