Monthly Archives: January 2019

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 31 January 2019 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 →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Why work should be part of welcome Posted: 30 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST Over the last six weeks, our series of blogs have been exploring what it means to offer a welcoming environment to … Continue reading →

A retired consultant chemical engineer with a skill for cabinet making has thanked God for putting his talent to good use. After retiring, Ron Hilditch, a former West Kirby United Reformed Church (URC) member, ‘asked the Lord for something useful to do’ with the skills he had been given.  Before long, Ron received an answer. Read… Continue reading →

How can the Gospels of Matthew the teacher, Mark the action man, Luke the outsider, and John the reflector remind us that we are connected with eternity, rooted in the past, expressed in the present and revealed in the future? The answer to this question was explored at Sanctuary First’s Re-imagining Church Conference held at… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church February 2019 Can’t read this? Click here World Church Relationships The privilege of ministry in Cambodia     The Revd Dr Howard Mellor writes about working in a country “where young girls are sold for the price of a pair of sandals”. … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 24 January 2019 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 →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog The Power of Seeing People Complexly: reflections after visiting Calais Posted: 23 Jan 2019 05:39 AM PST In the latest blog in our series on creating a welcoming environment, Bethan writes about her experience of … Continue reading →

The Revd Paul Whittle, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, has said he is deeply saddened and concerned at the violence occurring in Zimbabwe. Protests broke out a week ago after the government more than doubled the price of fuel overnight. Living costs have also soared and many have found they cannot even… Continue reading →

United Reformed Church (URC) Youth Assembly 2019 themed ‘One Body: We’re all in this together’ took place from 18 to 20 January at Whitemoor Lakes, Staffordshire. Dr Sam Richards, Head of Children’s and Youth Work, reflects on the event. This year’s Youth Assembly explored how, as one body in Christ, we all have a part… Continue reading →

This month, the #10YearChallenge has taken over social media. The premise is simple: post two pictures of yourself, one from 2009 next to a very recent one, to see how you’ve changed. Hannah Jones, Immediate-past Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Youth Assembly, gives the challenge a twist, as her term in office comes… Continue reading →