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03 Feb 2025
The 2025 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 3 February at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, with a welcome by the Revd Tim Meadows, Moderator of the URC General Assembly 2024-2025. The Moderator also welcomed members into new roles and new members of Assembly Executive attending for the first […]

Lundie Memorial Award: December 2024 award

03 Feb 2025
Fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, from Yorkshire Synod, is December’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Lu Hunt, the Children’s and Family’s Worker at Herringthorpe URC who made the nomination, described Joe as: “Someone who really does make a difference in the life of the church. We are so proud of Joe and we’re so grateful to […]

Assembly Executive February 2025 to take place

31 Jan 2025
The winter meeting of Assembly Executive 2025 is to take place at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick from 3-5 February. Assembly Executive is the executive body of the United Reformed Church’s General Assembly, meeting yearly to review and continue its work. Items on the agenda include such as the future of General Assembly Committee […]

Around the URC in seven days: 19-26 January 2025

27 Jan 2025
A round up of news from across the United Reformed Church over the past seven days 19-26 January 2025. East Midlands A warm celebration was held at Fountain Square Church in Tideswell recently for the induction of the Revd Carole Marsden. Alongside her full-time ministry as Community Warden at Cliff College, Carole will serve as […]

High Cross member embarks on a Sri Lankan wildlife adventure

27 Jan 2025
Jamie Laird, a member of High Cross (United Reformed & Methodist) Church in Wessex Synod, recently returned from an adventure of a lifetime. With the help of a £500 Children’s and Youth Work grant, Jamie secured a spot as a volunteer with Travelteer, a responsible travel and ethical volunteering company, working on an inspiring marine […]

The Revd Dr Jack McKelvey, 1929-2025

27 Jan 2025
91ÖÆÆ¬³§ is sad to announce the death of the Revd Dr Robert John McKelvey, the Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly from 1994-1995, at the age of 95. Known as Jack, Revd McKelvey was born in 1929 in Northern Ireland and studied at Nottingham and Oxford. After a New Testament […]
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