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Helpful junior church member gains Lundie award

16 Oct 2023
A “loyal, reliable and active” volunteer has been named the recipient of September’s Lundie Memorial Award. Jessica Warren, aged 24, of Cornerstone Church Uckfield in the United Reformed Church Southern Synod was nominated by Linda Hallet, one of Cornerstone’s junior church volunteers. Describing Jessica as a “tremendous help”, Linda said: “Since joining Cornerstone and attending […]

New National Synod of Wales Moderator nominated

14 Oct 2023
The Revd David Salsbury has been nominated to serve as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Wales, after the Revd Simon Walkling moved to become minister of the Swansea pastorate in September. David was ordained in 2000 after training for ministry at Westminster College in Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of […]

Books bring hope and faith to Zambian school

09 Oct 2023
An idea to bring a few books on a trip to Zambia to celebrate the opening of a new school library has exceeded expectations. For the flight, members of Cumnor United Reformed Church (URC) in Oxford had hoped to take an extra suitcase full of books but couldn’t after an appeal to the congregation and […]

Around the URC in seven days: 9-15 October

09 Oct 2023
A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days: 9-15 October. Thames North Synod More than 90 people attended St John’s United Reformed Church in New Barnet on 13 September to celebrate Tony Alderman’s 60 years of preaching. Tony started preaching as a teenager when he was […]

Prayers In A Time of Conflict

07 Oct 2023
The URC offers these prayers for public or private use following the outbreak of hostilities in Israel and Palestine.  They may be freely used; no permission is needed.   You Shall Not Kill O Lord, we hear the news and don’t know what to say, we see those scenes of violence and don’t know how […]

URC Moderator slams Home Office’s Windrush decision

02 Oct 2023
The Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly says the Home Office’s decision to disband the team dedicated to addressing the fallout from the Windrush scandal “undermines the hurt and pain caused”. The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson spoke following the publication of the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 which claimed the team […]
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