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Find out more about Stepwise, what it is, who it’s for, and how it can help you develop your discipleship and faith journey through a series of five webinars.

Each webinar will focus on one of the five Stepwise streams, beginning with Faith-filled Life, the starting point for the other streams. You can pick the one that interests you or attend them all – the choice is yours.

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The Congregational and General Trust has increased the level of support it makes available to United Reformed churches for building projects.

Churches can now apply for 25% of costs up to a limit of £25,000 on building projects providing church improvements and extensions, including repairs.

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‘Without Love’ is a poem by Karen Campbell, United Reformed Church Secretary for Global and Intercultural Ministries, for Racial Justice Sunday which this year falls on Valentine’s Day, 14 February.

To mark the day, Global and Intercultural Ministries has collated a number of resources to help people reflect on ‘What kind of love?’ – its theme for Racial Justice Sunday. The resources include a sermon, reflections, poetry and hymns. They are stand-alone or interlinked and can be accessed via the GIM webpage

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The United Reformed Church (URC’s) Legacies of Slavery task group has launched a new initiative – Black History Monthly.

Each month throughout the year, a different article, film, book, or poetry by Black writers will be explored so that people can learn about Black History through a variety of lenses.

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This year, Racial Justice Sunday coincides with Valentine’s Day, 14 February. Members of the United Reformed Church (URC’s) Global and Intercultural Ministries (GIM) team find themselves considering the theme ‘What kind of love…?’ 

Karen Campbell, URC Secretary for GIM, explains:

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We need to be intentional about understanding the reality, the history and facts about racial injustice if we are to address it. By Charmaine Mhlanga. Micah 6:8 (Amplified)He has told you, O man, what is good;And what does the Lord … Continue reading →

Today, the House of Lords will discuss the addition of the ‘genocide amendment’ to the Trade Bill. This amendment would give the UK high courts powers to decide if a potential trading partner is committing genocide, forcing the Government to … Continue reading →

Would you like to write a prayer for the United Reformed Church (URC’s) Prayer Handbook 2022?

In 2022, the URC celebrates its 50th birthday, and in keeping with this special anniversary, and reflecting on the meanings of jubilee in our biblical texts, the URC’s Prayer Handbook 2022 has the theme ‘Jubilee: Free to live…’

Editors, Karen Campbell and Ian Fosten, invite you to consider the ways in which we experience jubilee in our everyday lives through our knowledge of God and the relationships we share with God. 

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Formed almost 50 years ago in 1972, the United Reformed Church (URC) and Congregational Federation (CF) are seeking contributions for a book aimed at celebrating their jubilees.

Positive reflections or stories of encouragement from then or now and with an eye to the future have been requested by the planning, made up of CF and URC members and staff.

You can either reflect on a memory from or since that time, talk about how you have worshipped and served with a local URC or CF church, discuss your hopes for the future, or share a photograph from your story with a caption.

The word count for reflections or stories of hope is between 400-450 words. Please supply your text in a Word document if possible.

The style should be non-academic and in everyday language. Pictures should be attached as a separate file, and permission obtained.

Also, please do not quote any prayers, poems or songs that are still in copyright, unless you are the copyright holder.

Along with your submission, please also provide:

• A short title (between one and five words)
• Your name and church (as well as Area or Synod)
• A picture or image with copyright permission

The deadline for submissions is 31 May, and can be made by email to communications.pa@urc.org.uk or admin@congregational.org.uk

If sending an electronic copy is not possible, or you would like to chat about your contribution, please telephone either Andy Jackson, URC Head of Communications, on 020 7691 9865, or Yvonne Campbell, CF General Secretary, on 07710 089984

_{Image: Mike Tinnion/Unsplash 
Published: 1 February 2021}

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