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Worship on the third morning of General Assembly was led by the Revd Helen Everard, Chaplain to the Moderator. Meg Warner, Lecturer in Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at Northern College, Manchester, led a second Bible study on Leviticus 25 – some of which, she warned is very difficult for us to deal with as […]

Worship on the second morning of General Assembly was led by the Revd Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplain to the Moderator. Meg Warner, Lecturer in Old Testament and biblical Hebrew, led a Bible study on Leviticus 25. Ms Warner received ironic cheers from the Assembly audience when she announced, ‘We’re going to be spending a lot of time […]

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 […]