Author Archives: Littlehampton United

Young homeless people and children with physical and learning difficulties will share more than 160 Easter eggs thanks to the United Reformed Church’s (URC) children’s and youth work team. Since February, the team has been collecting Easter eggs donated by colleagues at Church House after they registered the building as a ‘donation station’ through the… Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 11 April 2019 Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This Sunday we celebrate Palm Sunday.Mike Ivatt will be staffing the out-of-hours media emergency support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing … Continue reading →

The United Reformed Church has joined the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Methodist Church to call on the government to do all that it can to avoid an unplanned no-deal Brexit. In a joint statement, the Church leaders said: ‘We have chosen not to make political statements around Brexit.  Members of the Churches… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog 50 Years of Continuous At Sea Deterrence: What is there to celebrate? Posted: 09 Apr 2019 06:35 AM PDT This month marks 50 years of our nuclear weapons submarines sailing out of Faslane, Scotland. Powered … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church April 2019 Can’t read this? Click here World Church Relationships How is Easter celebrated around the world?     Some of our Mission Partners describe the traditions in the countries where they live and serve. Read more Vibrant worship in Germiston   The … Continue reading →

View in browser   |   Forward to a friend 4 April 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 week, … Continue reading →

A leaflet is being prepared in connection with ‘Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today’, the United Reformed Church’s focus on lifelong missional discipleship, to help people on their faith journeys. It is based on the journey to Emmaus which contains within it four actions: the friends of Jesus stopped; looked; listened; and… Continue reading →

As a new tax year begins on 6 April, URC members are being invited to explore the role of tax in building a just and sustainable society. A new resource for study and discussion, ‘Tax for the Common Good’, has been published by Church Action for Tax Justice (CATJ), which is supported by the United Reformed… Continue reading →

Christian campaigners, including members of the United Reformed Church (URC), are maintaining their efforts to stop fracking in their community. A film, made by the Revd Dr Kevin Snyman, shows the campaigners in action at the site of the UK’s first horizontal shale gas exploration wells in Preston New Road, Lancashire, and visited by Derek Estill,… Continue reading →

On the symbolic date of 29 March, when the nation expected to be leaving the European Union, Simeon Mitchell, URC Secretary for Church and Society, offers this reflection. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.Mark 3:24-25 As politicians continue to wrestle with… Continue reading →