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Poverty is ignored in the latest budget
08 Mar 2024
Church leaders and workers have responded to the Chancellor’s announcements made in the Budget on 6 March. They have highlighted the lack of acknowledgement of people struggling against poverty in our communities, and the lack of difference announcements will make to the communities they live and work alongside. Paul Morrison, Policy Advisor for the Joint […]
Greenbelt Festival: volunteer with the URC
04 Mar 2024
Volunteer with The URC at Greenbelt team at this year’s Greenbelt Festival taking place 22-25 August at Boughton House near Ketttering. Applications are now being accepted from people who would like to volunteer at yoURCafe, the URC’s café venue, and with the youth engagement team. Greenbelt is an arts, faith and justice festival with a long and rich […]
Blackburn church gains “youth friendly” status
04 Mar 2024
Westbury Gardens United Reformed Church (URC) in Blackburn is the latest in a growing number of congregations to receive a Children and Youth Friendly Award. The Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme can help your church improve the welcome it gives to children, young people and families. Churches that join the scheme work with a […]
Revd David Marshall-Jones, 1939-2024
04 Mar 2024
91Ƭ (URC) is sad to announce the death of the Revd David Marshall-Jones OBE, former National Scout Chaplain. The Church learned about David’s death on 1 March and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time. David served the URC in a variety of roles: from serving […]
Around the URC in seven days: 26 February-3 March 2024
26 Feb 2024
A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 26 February – 3 March 2024. West Midlands Synod Shrewsbury United Reformed Church (SURC) in Shropshire has gained a Silver A Rocha UK Eco Award. “We’re really pleased with this latest award which reflects the hard work that members […]
Ukraine: prayers for second anniversary
22 Feb 2024
We asked Ukrainian young people who are refugees in the UK what we should pray for on the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Here is their response: God who hears, For two years we have prayed, mourned and lamented. Two years of war in Ukraine. Two years of invasion, of violence, of death. […]
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