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A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC). Eastern Synod New Street URC in Dunmow has held a concert to raise more than £1,000 to support the people of Ukraine. The concert, held last month, featured the Kyiv Classical Accordion Duo who performed Ukrainian music during the first half of the […]

A third of Pakistan has been completely flooded, killing at least 1,136 people. Since June, Monsoon rains have caused flash floods which have devastated communities washing away roads, homes, and crops. This deadly trail of havoc has affected 33 million people, many of whom are now displaced. The Revd Memona Shahbaz, a United Reformed Church […]

On 12 September, a planning committee in the West Bank will consider an application from the Israeli Defence Ministry for a large new settlement project in the E1 area of the West Bank, to the east of Jerusalem. In response, representatives of the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church issue […]

A pilgrimage across North Wales is taking place to give thanks to God for the 50th anniversary of the United Reformed Church. The pilgrimage, which started at Salisbury Park URC in Wrexham on 23 July, will end at St Paul’s United Church in Penmaenmawr on 1 October. The Revd Julia Bartholomew, a Minister in Rhos-on-Sea, […]

What is the Russian Church thinking? How can a Christian Church back Putin’s war of aggression so wholeheartedly? Out on 28 August, the September issue of Reform gets to grips with what’s going on. Also this month: How do I hear God’s call? Refugees in the manse. Fifty hymns for 50 years of the URC. The […]

After an absence of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Greenbelt festival and the United Reformed Church (URC) will be back at Boughton House in Kettering from 26th-29th to August. Not only is the URC celebrating its 50th anniversary, it is also its seventh year as an Associate Partner of the festival, and […]