Monthly Archives: November 2020

A creative 21-year-old who has used her talents to make low-cost activities for families in her community has gained October’s Lundie Memorial Award from the United Reformed Church’s (URC) Children’s and Youth Work team. Read More … … Continue reading →

Mission Council, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) executive body, will meet online, from 20-21 November. Related papers are published online and can be found here. Business to be discussed includes: URC Pension Schemes – facing up to some serious challenges, the URC’s 50th anniversary, guidelines on conduct and behaviour of Ministers, Elders and Church Related Community Workers, how education and learning within the URC can achieve the integration envisioned in the 2005 General Assembly, and a policy to support infant feeding in local churches. Read More … … Continue reading →

Mission Council, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) executive body, will meet online, from 20-21 November. Related papers are published online and can be found here. Read More … … Continue reading →

More than 100 people attended an online pilgrimage to Bethlehem in September, raising £1,200 for struggling families in the region. The event was created and led by United Reformed Church (URC) representatives who went on a URC educational visit to the Holy Land last year, and was supported by Commitment for Life (CfL), the URC’s global justice programme. Read More … … Continue reading →

The Revd George Watt, Minister of Reigate Park United Reformed Church (URC), has been nominated as the next Moderator of the Church’s Thames North Synod.  George was born and brought up in the Highlands of Scotland, living most of his childhood in the village of Lairg in Sutherland. Read More … … Continue reading →

The Revd Michael Meachin, United Reformed Church Chaplain to the Royal Navy’s HMS Collingwood, offers this reflection for Remembrance Day 2020. At 11am on the 11 November each year, we will join with many countries around the world in two minutes silence to remember all who have been killed, wounded or affected by war.  Read More … … Continue reading →

The Revd Clare Downing and Mr Peter Pay, General Assembly Moderators of the United Reformed Church, make the following statement after a new four-week lockdown began in England on 5 November. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.” (Luke 10:27) Read More … … Continue reading →

Yesterday Scottish Church leaders wrote a joint letter to Scottish MPs and Peers on the UK Internal Market Bill expressing four major concerns about the proposed legislation. The Bill is currently going through the House of Lords this week, before … Continue reading →

The Revd Lindsey Sanderson, United Reformed Church National Synod of Scotland representative to the Scottish Church Leaders’ Forum, has joined a number of Scottish church leaders in writing to all Scottish MPs and Peers to express concerns about the Internal Market Bill. At present, the UK is part of the European single market, with jointly agreed regulations and standards across the continent.   Read More … … Continue reading →

Remembrance Sunday on 8 November, and Armistice Day on 11 November, are poignant opportunities to remember those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars, as well as later conflicts. Simon Peters, Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today Project Manager, and Martin Hayward, Mission and Development Officer for the United Reformed Church Southern Synod, have produced ‘Remembrance for whole-of-life disciples’ a resource that aims to help people respond to the invitation to remember and the continued need for peace-making. It starts with ‘Remembering Together’, followed by some ‘Prayers for Peace’ to encourage your own thinking and… Continue reading →