Monthly Archives: August 2019

Joint Public Issues Team Blog #NoFaithInWar Posted: 14 Aug 2019 03:53 AM PDT Daily, it seems, there is news of some kind of tragedy occurring around the world. Some of these events are not caused by humans, but a lot … Continue reading →

Can’t wait for the September edition of Reform magazine? Don’t worry, you won’t have to wait much longer. In the meantime, read an extract of a great interview by two members of the Reform team – Charissa King and Stephen Tomkins.  Ben Lindsay is on a mission to get churches talking about race.  He describes… Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 8 August 2019 Hello everyone and welcome to ‘The Week Ahead’. Jillian Moody will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful week, … Continue reading →

The Wessex Synod of the United Reformed Church (URC) has joined a growing number of organisations in divesting shares in fossil fuel energy companies. The move, announced on 27 July, is in line with policy approved at the URC’s May meeting of Mission Council where the Church unanimously approved a proposal to divest from fossil… Continue reading →

Church representatives from across Europe have expressed disappointment at the failure of EU ministers agreeing any arrangement for search and rescue in the Mediterranean. At the EU interior ministers’ meeting in Helsinki on 18 July, further discussions and proposals for a temporary arrangement were also postponed until September. Dr Torsten Moritz, General Secretary of the… Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 1 August 2019 Hello everyone and welcome to ‘The Week Ahead’. Jillian Moody will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful … Continue reading →

Simon Loveitt, the United Reformed Church Related Community Worker (CRCW) for the Manor Church and Community Project in Sheffield, celebrated 30 years of service last month. Simon reflects on the past three decades serving communities: I was commissioned on 18 July 1989 and my first post was at Hulme URC in Manchester. I have also… Continue reading →

It’s been three years since the United Reformed Church (URC) became the largest UK denomination to allow its churches to decide whether they want to register to perform marriages of same-sex couples. Cumnor URC, in Oxford, was one of the first congregations to register. The Revd Nigel Appleton, who at the time was its associate… Continue reading →