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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 […]

URC reaffirms its commitment to EcoCongregation Scotland

26 Sep 2023
The National Synod of Scotland, in agreement with the wider United Reformed Church (URC), reaffirmed its commitment to the ministry and mission of EcoCongregation Scotland, consisting of more than 600 churches, by renewing the Special Category Ministry post of Chaplain, and reappointing the Revd David Coleman to serve a further five years. This, unusually, is […]

Church leaders share dismay at watering down of net zero policies

25 Sep 2023
91Ƭ, Baptist Union of Great Britain and The Methodist Church in Britain issue the following statement in response to the Prime Minister’s recent announcement on net zero policies. “We are dismayed that the Prime Minister is delaying the implementation of policies to achieve net zero. As Christian leaders we are deeply committed […]
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