Monthly Archives: December 2018

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Jesus the migrant: a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Innocents Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:30 AM PST Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 20 December 2018 Hello everyone and welcome to this, the last Week Ahead of 2018. Thank you so much for signing up to receive our newsletter and for the many items we have been … Continue reading →

Christian campaigners have vowed to step up protests at a fracking site in Lancashire after a shale gas exploration company packed up its equipment for Christmas. Fracking firm Cuadrilla operate the UK’s first horizontal shale gas exploration wells in New Preston Road, Blackpool, where dozens of tremors have been recorded since it began pumping high volumes of water underground… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog What would be in a Welcome Manifesto from your church? Posted: 18 Dec 2018 02:55 AM PST Today, 18 December, is the UN International Migrants Day. If you are not a migrant but part of … Continue reading →

View in browser | Forward to a Friend December 2018, issue 181 Welcome to this edition of The Buzz, our last for 2018!       The Buzz brings all members of the Methodist Church in Britain together by sharing your good news … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 13 December 2018 Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. Martin Ashford will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful week, Rosie … Continue reading →

A year since the launch of the United Reformed Church’s (URC) focus on lifelong missional discipleship, Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today, Richard Church and Francis Brienen share their thoughts on the first 12 months. The experience of leaving port on a large ship can be easy to miss because, although you… Continue reading →

The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church reflects on how a train journey during the cold winter months inspired an epiphany. I had an epiphany, on a train of all places. At this time of year, most of my commute takes place before dawn or after dark. The countryside beside the… Continue reading →

Peter Pay, a new grandfather and Moderator-elect of the United Reformed Church General Assembly for 2020-22, thinks about the impact of new born babies. It is all about to happen; to become real. Up to now there were hopes, fears and expectations. The reality is about to be revealed. Will the new arrival be what… Continue reading →

Steve Tomkins, Editor of Reform, the magazine of the United Reformed Church, has kept a new year’s resolution throughout 2018. I am in the incredible position, for the first time in my life, of having kept a new year’s resolution from January through to December. As I write that, in one half of my brain,… Continue reading →