Monthly Archives: December 2018

The Revd Nigel Uden, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, reflects on how Christmas is experienced by different people across the world. Christmas Day isn’t the same for everyone. Some will be in the northern hemisphere’s winter, dreaming of a white Christmas. But others will be on an Australian beach dreaming of cooling… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church December 2018 Can’t read this? Click here World Church Relationships Sharing ‘Boxes of Love’ in Colombia     Vera Lacey explains how the Church in Colombia ensures that no one is left out during Christmas celebrations Read more Christmas without the baggage … Continue reading →

In the Holy Habit of Breaking Bread, the fifth film produced by the United Reformed Church (URC) in its Holy Habits film series, three people explain what breaking bread means to them. Literally meaning the sharing of a loaf, it later came to mean sharing and is now also used to describe a social interaction… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog From hostility to hospitality Posted: 11 Dec 2018 01:30 AM PST Over the last six months, JPIT has been campaigning for an end to the ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies which are causing destitution, discrimination and … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 6 December 2018 Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. Mike Ivatt will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful week, … Continue reading →

United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly Moderators, Derek Estill and the Revd Nigel Uden, have joined European Church leaders in affirming the values of dignity, respect and compassion for refugees and migrants. On 4 December, a Christmas statement, signed by more than 30 Church leaders from Europe, was jointly issued by the Churches’ Commission for… Continue reading →

Following the latest United Nations’ (UN) review of global emissions and climate action, the Revd David Coleman, Environmental Chaplain for Eco-Congregation Scotland, calls on congregations to do more this Advent. The report, published on 27 November, says countries must triple their efforts to tackle climate change and that urgent measures are needed to keep global temperature… Continue reading →

View in browser News release3 December 2018  Next Methodist Youth President announced Thelma Commey has been announced as the next Methodist Youth President. She was elected at this year’s 3Generate event, the annual Methodist Children and Youth Assembly, held in Southport over the … Continue reading →