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View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 2 May 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

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World Church News May 2019

The Methodist Church   May 2019 Can’t read this? Click here Global Relationships Bringing hope from despair     Our partners in Colombia are using money from grants to support vulnerable women and children through a range of workshops. Read more A prayer for the … Continue reading

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Joint Public Issues Team Blog

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Climate Change: A farming view Posted: 02 May 2019 02:00 AM PDT Amanda Gorton, Coordinator of Cumbria Agricultural Chaplaincy, writes about her experience of climate change amongst rural communities. Rural communities are an inherent part … Continue reading

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Joint Public Issues Team Blog

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Reflections on Living Lent Posted: 29 Apr 2019 08:08 AM PDT (or ‘The joys of a naked cucumber’) Naomi and her husband Luke took up the challenge to go ‘plastic-free’ during Lent. Here, Naomi reflects … Continue reading

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David Cornick given Lambeth Award by the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Revd Dr David Cornick, former General Secretary of both the United Reformed Church (URC) and Churches Together England (CTE), has received an award from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr Cornick received the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism for ‘outstanding sustained contribution to the development of ecumenical life and witness in England’. The Church of England’s… Continue reading

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Sri Lanka attacks failed to achieve divisions says government

The UK government has written an open letter to Sri Lankans in Britain to say it stands with the community in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks which took place on 3 April killing at least 250 and injuring hundreds more. In the letter, James Brokenshire MP, Secretary for Housing Communities and Local Government,… Continue reading

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Youth worker to help shape European children’s ministry

A member of the United Reformed Church’s (URC) children’s and youth work team has been selected for a coveted place in an international children’s ministry. Lorraine Webb, Programme Officer for Children’s and Youth Work is now part of the European Conference on Christian Education’s (ECCE) steering committee, planning and preparing for the next conference which… Continue reading

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Pioneers celebrate completing first stream of Stepwise

The first group to complete Faith-filled Life, the first part of Stepwise, the United Reformed Church’s new faith development programme, have celebrated their achievement. Based in the Mersey Synod, the group met in Warrington and Chester and completed the programme over five months. Read More … Continue reading

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New Holy Habit film shows how to live gladly and generously

The United Reformed Church’s (URC) short film series which explores themes from the book Holy Habits continues with the Holy Habit of Gladness and Generosity. The short film, directed by the Revd Dr Kevin Snyman, Programme Officer for Global Justice and Partnerships, shows the importance of this habit in shaping the kind of world we want to… Continue reading

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The Week Ahead

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