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Strengthening communities in Somerset
13 May 2024
One of the key aims of Strengthening Communities, a Church Related Community Work project in Somerset serving Westfield (Bridgwater) & Canninton United Reformed Churches, is to respond to rural and urban deprivation. The South Western Synod-based project also seeks to help with problems associated with social isolation and changing community dynamics. In this reflection, Marie […]
Around the URC in seven days: 13-19 May 2024
13 May 2024
A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 13-19 May 2024. West Midlands Synod The congregation of Shrewsbury URC received seven new members at a service held on 5 May. From left, Ruth and Stuart were made members for the first time, Tom transferred from another URC […]
Reform magazine: May 2024 edition
30 Apr 2024
Inside the May edition of Reform magazine, out now! Progressive rock icon Rick Wakeman shares his love for the United Reformed Church in this month’s Reform. He talks Henry VIII and funeral hymns, and tells the magazine he likes to consider himself “a Christian who lives in the real world”. Also in the real world, […]
Sri Lanka adventure nets a Lundie Memorial Award
29 Apr 2024
A valued and integral 14-year-old member of Fleet United Reformed Church (URC) in Wessex Synod has gained a Lundie Memorial Award. Nominated by Helen Bailey, the church’s young person’s leader, Alice Bagshaw gained the award for her charity work. Alice was one of 21 students chosen by her school to travel to Sri Lanka for […]
Rwanda Bill: Church leaders speak out over hostility to refugees
23 Apr 2024
91Ƭ, along with over 250 other organisations from across the UK, has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister following the government’s Rwanda Act being approved by Parliament. In an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the organisations say the Bill breaks international law and “abandons our duty to share […]
Jamaican government Minister accepts URC’s apology for its role in transatlantic slavery
23 Apr 2024
A Jamaican government Minister has accepted the United Reformed Church’s apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Hon. Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, encouraged other UK churches, along with the UK government, to also apologise. Members of the United Reformed Church travelled to Jamaica earlier this month […]
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