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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 →

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by Daniel Macaulay Thanks to the Revd Andrew Reed, a Congregational Minister, the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) has been transforming lives since 1854. Nearly 1.4m people with brain injuries are admitted into A&E every year and the RHN provides rehabilitation and long-term care for some of them. Known as one of the great philanthropists… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Strike for the Climate Posted: 17 Sep 2019 01:00 AM PDT Looking back over the last year, the scale of student climate strikes seems to only be growing. A call from many of these young … Continue reading →

Returning from a three-month sabbatical, the Revd Philip Brooks, United Reformed Church (URC) Secretary for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, reflects on a recent trip to Germany. The trip took place ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall where 22 people from the URC will join in the four-day remembrance and… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Is there a Brexit we can all live with? Posted: 15 Sep 2019 08:02 AM PDT Our constitution should enable us to make controversial decisions that we don’t all agree on but are generally regarded … Continue reading →

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The United Reformed Church (URC) has joined a coalition of faith institutions to announce its divestment from fossil fuels, as the Financing the Future summit – devoted to accelerating investment in a clean economy – gets underway in Cape Town. Fossil fuel divestment now comes from institutions with £9 trillion in assets, institutions with assets of… Continue reading →

The leaders of six national Churches, including the United Reformed Church, have written to The Guardian about the Defence Security Exhibition International (DSEI) arms fair which opens in London today (10 September). The Church leaders, from the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodists, and the Quakers,… Continue reading →

The Revd Dr John Bradbury, Minister of Downing Place United Reformed Church (URC), Whittlesford, Stetchworth and Cheveley URCs in Cambridgeshire, has been nominated as the next General Secretary of the URC. The Nominating Group, which is responsible for putting forward a name to the URC Mission Council, the church’s executive body, has undertaken a rigorous… Continue reading →