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A big thank you to BBC Radio Derby listeners who raised £1,000 for families associated with a Church Related Community Work project to have a fun day out. It all started when Vicky Longbone, CRCW for Ashbourne Road Church and Mackworth United Reformed Church’s Derby Alive to Community (A2C) project, briefly appeared on BBC News […]

The second series in the United Reformed Church (URC’s) podcast launches on Thursday 6 October. The fortnightly podcast, explores the denomination’s focus on Christian discipleship and mission through a variety of topics. In this series, we explore: Activism with the Revd Kate Gray Conversion therapy with the Revd Alex Care-Young, a Pioneer Minister based in […]

October brings the special jubilee edition of Reform magazine. This bumper issue is full of memories and celebration of the 50 years of the United Reformed Church, and discussion for the present and future. General Secretaries past and present discuss what URC is for. Those involved in making 1972 happen look back. We consider the […]

Without further government action, rising living costs will drag some families into destitution this winter, churches and charities have warned. The Revd Fiona Bennett, Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, was among 52 signatories to an open letter published ahead of the chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’ last week. In the letter, the signatories argued […]

Last week, the URC heard about the revised dates for the rail strikes on 1 and 5 October, news that was confirmed on 20 September 2022. Many meetings and conversations have taken place, and we’ve decided, with the heaviest of hearts, that the best option is to postpone our jubilee events. After close to three […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days. Yorkshire Synod Maisie the Labradoodle was an enthusiastic supporter at the ordination of Nicola Robinson earlier this month. Nicola, Maisie’s owner and friend, was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament and inducted to serve the Leeds […]