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URC 50: Share your views to help “tend vineyard”
03 Aug 2022
As the United Reformed Church (URC) celebrates its 50th Jubilee, the Church Life Review Group would like to hear your views. In John 15:5, Jesus says: “Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” With that verse in mind, we wonder what tending […]
Wylde Green church celebrates Commonwealth Games with postbox toppers
27 Jul 2022
A team of knitters and crocheters from Wylde Green United Reformed Church, in Sutton Coldfield, are celebrating the Commonwealth Games with creative postbox toppers. The team have impressed residents with a post box topper depicting a triathlon, which will take place at Sutton Park. In its centre, the creation also includes Perry the Bull, the […]
Hosting a Ukrainian family
26 Jul 2022
On 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since that time, more than 9.6 million Ukrainians have fled their country and a third of the population displaced. In response, the government opened up the Homes for Ukraine scheme for visa applications from individuals or households fleeing from Ukraine who have named people in the UK willing to […]
Dursley food stall proves a community hit
26 Jul 2022
As the cost-of-living increases, a Dursley church has brought together people from across the community and beyond to offer surplus supermarket food for free. Every Monday morning and on some Thursdays, food that would otherwise be thrown away is displayed on a bright red and yellow stall outside Dursley Tabernacle Church. It has proved a […]
New law includes religious settings in ‘positions of trust’
18 Jul 2022
The government is extending the law that prevents adults from engaging in sexual relationships with 16 or 17-year-olds, to include adults who work in religious settings. A maximum of five years imprisonment can be imposed on those who abuse positions of trust. Although previous legislation, in sections 16 to 19 of the Sexual Offences Act […]
Help reflect URC’s diversity through photos
18 Jul 2022
91Ƭ (URC) is proud to be a diverse denomination that rejoices in all ethnicities and cultures, challenges all forms of marginalisation and promotes God’s justice for all. We celebrate our rich, cultural diversity along with treasured differences in gender identities, abilities, ages and talents, and the way we represent the URC is […]
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