Author Archives: Littlehampton United

End Hunger Week 2019, a focus of the growing movement of people around the country saying that action must be taken on food poverty, has been a massive success, according to organisers.  The national launch for a new campaign, challenging the government to create a plan for ending hunger by 2030, took place at Sheffield… Continue reading →

The United Reformed Church Synod of Wales has decided to end investments in fossil fuel companies made on its behalf. A Synod meeting on Saturday 19 October passed a resolution on divestment that had been proposed by members of Beulah United Reformed Church in Cardiff. The resolution asks the United Reformed Church (URC) Synod of… Continue reading →

The Moderators of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, the Revd Nigel Uden and Derek Estill, have offered a prayer for the families and friends of the 39 people whose bodies were found in a container lorry on an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, this morning. They have also expressed their shock and outrage at the… Continue reading →

The United Reformed Church General Assembly Moderators, Derek Estill and Revd Nigel Uden, with leaders from the Methodist Church and Baptists Together, have urged the UK Government to work for peace in Syria. Recent military attacks in the north-east of the country have left unarmed civilians caught between two fighting parties. The pastors of three… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Called to bridge the divide: church leaders at the Conservative Party Conference Posted: 15 Oct 2019 05:19 AM PDT Delegations of church leaders from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, the Quakers and the … Continue reading →

The Revd Brian Jolly has been nominated as the next Moderator of the North Western Synod of the United Reformed Church. Born in 1956 in north London, Brian moved to the north west in 1978 for his initial ministerial formation at the University of Manchester and the Congregational College. He was ordained in 1982 and… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog ‘Days of challenge and vulnerability’: church leaders at the Labour Party Conference Posted: 14 Oct 2019 01:33 AM PDT Delegations of church leaders from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, the Quakers and the … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend  10 October 2019 Hello everyone and welcome to ‘The Week Ahead’. Jill Moody will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 3 October 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 … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Introducing Rosella Posted: 02 Oct 2019 02:58 AM PDT <img src="http://www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/meet-the-team-photo-1024×683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6028" srcset="http://www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/meet-the-team-photo-1024×683.jpg 1024w, www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/meet-the-team-photo-300×200.jpg 300w, www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/meet-the-team-photo-768×512.jpg 768w, www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/meet-the-team-photo-600×400.jpg 600w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px” /> Having spent the last few years engaging academically with … Continue reading →