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91ÖÆƬ³§ General Assembly has made history by electing its first woman BAME Moderator-Elect. The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, Minister of Wanstead URC, Trinity Walthamstow URC, Grange Park URC, and Gants Hill URC in the Thames North Synod, was elected URC General Assembly Moderator-Elect 2022-2023 at its annual meeting, which took place from […]

The 2022 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC), meeting both in-person and online, started with worship led by the Revds Helen Everard and Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplains to the Moderators 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Worship included the hymn God of the Pilgrim Way, by the Revd Colin Thompson, one of the winners of the URC’s […]

91ÖÆƬ³§ (URC) is proud to announce the winners of its Worship Resources Competition. Eight judges, including the celebrated composer, Bernadette Farrell, whose work includes Christ Be Our Light, judged dozens of entries from choirs, bands, individuals, songwriters, hymnwriters, organists, composers, and poets. Starting off with ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ hymn categories, along with […]

Friends and members of the denomination gathered at the House of Lords on Thursday 30 June to mark the 50th anniversary of the debate about the United Reformed Church Bill. NEW: Watch a video from the event A small reception and ceremony were held in the Attlee and Reid Room, where the debate took place […]

There couldn’t have been a more ideal place for Northern Synod to celebrate the United Reformed Church (URC’s) 50th Jubilee year than at the open-air museum in Beamish, County Durham. At every turn visitors to this popular attraction are to be heard sharing memories of how they or their parents or grandparents had lived in […]

The 2022 United Reformed Church General Assembly takes place from 8-11 July at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. This will be the first in-person General Assembly since 2018. Items on the agenda include response to the legacies of transatlantic slavery; the launch of URC Children; one-off payments to ministers and lay staff in light […]