Monthly Archives: March 2019

On the symbolic date of 29 March, when the nation expected to be leaving the European Union, Simeon Mitchell, URC Secretary for Church and Society, offers this reflection. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.Mark 3:24-25 As politicians continue to wrestle with… Continue reading →

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The United Reformed Church (URC) has more than 600 active ministers across England, Wales and Scotland. Many work in churches, but a variety work in other settings that include universities, prisons, the armed forces, hospitals, and other work-based chaplaincies. The Revd John Mackerness, is a full-time chaplain at Heathrow Airport. More than 75,000 people work… Continue reading →

The Home Office has been criticised by MPs for ‘utterly failing’ in its responsibilities to monitor the safe and humane detention of individuals in the UK and for showing ‘a shockingly cavalier attitude’ to people’s basic rights. Published on 21 March, the Home Affairs Committee report condemned the Home Office for also ‘ignoring and breaching… Continue reading →

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Christians are being encouraged to help those whose lives have been devastated by a killer cyclone. Cyclone Idai, named after the Shona (a Zimbabwean dialect) word for ‘love’, crashed into south-east Africa on 14 March. Catastrophic damage was caused to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi, with whole towns, roads, bridges and power lines destroyed and communities… Continue reading →

As the UK approaches the date it is scheduled to leave the European Union, the Presidents of Churches Together in England (CTE), together with its partners Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), are calling all churches to prayer. From 27-31 March, the Presidents urge churches to find ways to pray, and to be opened… Continue reading →

The Revd Philip Brooks, United Reformed Church Secretary for Ecumenical Interfaith Relations, has offered a prayer for the victims of a terrorist attack that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, today (Friday 15 March). As Muslims gathered at two mosques for morning prayers, a coordinated attack left 49 people dead and many more seriously wounded.… Continue reading →

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A series of short films, produced by the United Reformed Church (URC), which explores themes from the book Holy Habits, continues with the Holy Habit of Prayer. In the film, Holy Habits author, Andrew Roberts, says that prayer can ‘sometimes be as easy as breathing, but on other days it’s a struggle’. Read More … Continue reading →