Monthly Archives: April 2019

Joint Public Issues Team Blog

Joint Public Issues Team Blog 50 Years of Continuous At Sea Deterrence: What is there to celebrate? Posted: 09 Apr 2019 06:35 AM PDT This month marks 50 years of our nuclear weapons submarines sailing out of Faslane, Scotland. Powered … Continue reading →

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World Church News April 2019

The Methodist Church April 2019 Can’t read this? Click here World Church Relationships How is Easter celebrated around the world?     Some of our Mission Partners describe the traditions in the countries where they live and serve. Read more Vibrant worship in Germiston   The … Continue reading →

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The Week Ahead

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 4 April 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 →

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Discipleship stories: Urgent help needed

A leaflet is being prepared in connection with ‘Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today’, the United Reformed Church’s focus on lifelong missional discipleship, to help people on their faith journeys. It is based on the journey to Emmaus which contains within it four actions: the friends of Jesus stopped; looked; listened; and… Continue reading →

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Let's talk about tax

As a new tax year begins on 6 April, URC members are being invited to explore the role of tax in building a just and sustainable society. A new resource for study and discussion, ‘Tax for the Common Good’, has been published by Church Action for Tax Justice (CATJ), which is supported by the United Reformed… Continue reading →

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Protectors maintain protests as fracking firm’s plans are rejected

Christian campaigners, including members of the United Reformed Church (URC), are maintaining their efforts to stop fracking in their community. A film, made by the Revd Dr Kevin Snyman, shows the campaigners in action at the site of the UK’s first horizontal shale gas exploration wells in Preston New Road, Lancashire, and visited by Derek Estill,… Continue reading →

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