Monthly Archives: September 2019

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Boris Johnson and the Supremes Posted: 27 Sep 2019 02:03 AM PDT The Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament has been declared illegal by the Supreme Court. The only direct effect of the judgement is … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 26 September 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 Introducing Josie Posted: 25 Sep 2019 05:30 AM PDT Having spent the past four years studying Social Policy at University, I am swapping student life for the world of work as I join JPIT as … Continue reading →

Featuring prayers for every week of the year, the 2020 United Reformed Church (URC) Prayer Handbook – Prayers from the heart is now available. Edited by Karen Campbell, a Church Related Community Worker, and the Revd Ian Fosten, a URC Minister, Prayers from the heart features a mixture of prayer styles and approaches for all… Continue reading →

URC General Secretary the Revd John Proctor reports from the Council of World Mission’s (CWM) meeting of church leaders The Council for World Mission is a fellowship of 32, mainly Reformed, churches around the globe, worshipping and working in some 40 countries. Many of these churches came into being through the missionary work of British… Continue reading →

On the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar, a gunman ruthlessly shot dead two people in Halle, East Germany yesterday. The man allegedly attempted to gain access to the city’s Humboldt Street Synagogue, where 70-80 people were marking Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. A video was posted online by the suspect, who… Continue reading →

The Revd Jamie Kissack, a minister of the United Reformed Church (URC) currently serving the church in its Sheffield Team Ministry, has been nominated as the next Moderator of the Church’s  Yorkshire Synod.  Jamie was born in 1964 in the Midlands, moving back to his family roots on the Isle of Man when he was… Continue reading →

A resource that links October’s lectionary readings with Black History Month has been developed by the United Reformed Church’s Global and Intercultural Ministries department.  Black History Month provides people with the opportunity to highlight and celebrate the achievements and contributions of people of colour, and in the process explore the latent histories and narratives that… Continue reading →

As we approach Black History Month, Karen Campbell, a United Reformed Church Related Community Worker (CRCW), reflects on the transatlantic slave trade and its continuing legacies for people of African and African descent. Black History Month runs from 1-31 October. Torn from home;displaced from land;ripped from all I’ve ever known -the soil I walkthe air… Continue reading →

West Park United Reformed Church (URC), Harrogate, will be making use of its proximity to the 2019 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Championships’ finishing line by welcoming the competition’s organisers to its church. The event runs from 22-29 September, and former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will ride for Great Britain in the… Continue reading →