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October Lundie award winner named

20 Oct 2022
A 24-year-old described as “helping to keep the church community together” has become the latest recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Joshua Baldwin, 24, of the United Reformed Church East Midlands Synod, was nominated by Spalding URC Elder, Julie Lunn, for utilising his skills in technology to create and share online worship during the pandemic. […]

Around the URC in seven days: 17-24 October

17 Oct 2022
A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church from the past seven days: 17-24 October. West Midlands Synod A big thank you to Broadway URC congregation members who contributed more than half of the funding to a tree project to mark the URC’s 50th anniversary. Fifty trees have been planted for 50 years […]

Churches oppose review to move embassy to Jerusalem

12 Oct 2022
91Ƭ (URC) has supported an ecumenical effort to convey concerns around Liz Truss’ plans to weigh up the possible relocation of the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a private letter to the Prime Minister, sent on 11 October, The URC, Methodist Church in Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, Quakers […]

Minister criticises lifting of fracking ban

10 Oct 2022
A missional discipleship mentor has criticised the government’s decision to lift the ban on fracking. A moratorium was placed on the practice in November 2019 following concerns over earth tremors, but lifted last month. In a statement, Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, attributed the lifting of the restriction to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and […]

Happy Birthday United Reformed Church!

05 Oct 2022
Fifty years ago on 5 October 1972, the Annual Assembly of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church met for the final times, together, in Methodist Central Hall Westminster, where they dissolved themselves and formed the United Reformed Church. In the afternoon the new United Reformed Church […]

Wigan church receives award

03 Oct 2022
Trinity United Reformed Church (URC), in Wigan, has become the second church to receive the Children and Youth Friendly Church Award for the work it does to support families. Its work has been demonstrated through a variety of activities taking place there each week. For example, many families within the local community attend Little Fishes, […]
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