Author Archives: URC

Seven churches across four United Reformed Church (URC) synods have gained a Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme (CYFC) award for the work they do to support families. The CYFC Scheme is an opportunity for churches to look afresh at … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 19 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye The United Reformed Church has added its support to a new campaign for benefit levels to be increased to cover essential living costs. In total more than 90 charities, have asked … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 18 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye Members, ministers and friends of the United Reformed Church gathered in London on 15 April to mark the denomination’s 50th anniversary. Around 1,200 people attended the rail strike-postponed celebrations at Methodist … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 12 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye Luton Peace Walk, organised by Luton Council of Faiths (LCoF) and Grassroots, became a winner at Bedfordshire Police Community Cohesion Awards sixth annual ceremony. The Walk won the Cohesion Award in … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 12 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye Christian Aid and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) have brought together more than a dozen leading Christian thinkers and theologians to discuss the legacy of Stephen Lawrence’s racist killing, … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 12 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye The United Reformed Church (URC) North-Western Synod has been awarded its first Eco-Synod award. It is now the URC’s second synod to have reached A Rocha UK’s Bronze Eco-Synod Award status, … Continue reading →

The Revd Cara Heafey, Minister of Marston and Wheatley United Reformed churches in Oxford, offers us this reflection for Easter Sunday. At Easter we celebrate that there is no darkness that love cannot reach, no tomb that love cannot break … Continue reading →

Last Updated on 4 April 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye A statement signed by more than 1450 church leaders opposing the government’s Illegal Migration Bill has been handed to 10 Downing Street. The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, United Reformed Church General … Continue reading →

Good Friday is the saddest day of the Church’s year when we remember the execution of Jesus after a rushed, illegal, night-time trial. We stand at the Cross bewildered at it all, trying to find meaning but appalled at the … Continue reading →

Today we remember Jesus sharing in the simplicity of a meal with his friends, where he offered himself in the simple things of bread and wine – and continues to offer himself to us in bread and wine in the … Continue reading →