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Assembly Executive: day three round-up 5 February 2025

Posted on February 5, 2025 by URC

Andrea Heron, Chaplain to the General Assembly Moderator 2024-2025, offered reflections on John 2, the story of the wedding at Cana, on the final day of Assembly Executive 2025. She talked about the actors’ game “Yes and…”, where people pair … Continue reading →

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Assembly Executive: day two round-up 4 February 2025

Posted on February 4, 2025 by URC

Day two of the 2025 meeting of Assembly Executive opened with worship, led by the Revd Andrew Mann-Ray, one of the General Assembly Moderator’s Chaplains. He reminded members that God lifts up the weary and gives hope to the hopeless. … Continue reading →

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Assembly Executive: day one round-up 3 February 2025      

Posted on February 3, 2025 by URC

The 2025 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 3 February at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, with a welcome by the Revd Tim Meadows, Moderator of the URC General Assembly 2024-2025. The Moderator also … Continue reading →

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Lundie Memorial Award: December 2024 award

Posted on February 3, 2025 by URC

Fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, from Yorkshire Synod, is December’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Lu Hunt, the Children’s and Family’s Worker at Herringthorpe URC who made the nomination, described Joe as: “Someone who really does make a difference in the … Continue reading →

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Immigration: 1 in 12 Daily Telegraph headline writers can’t count*

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Littlehampton United

*this headline, like the Telegraph’s recent front page on immigration, has no statistical basis. On 22 January, the Daily Telegraph tried to convince Londoners they were surrounded by potentially society wrecking illegal immigrants with the front-page headline “1 in 12 … Continue reading →

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Around the URC in seven days: 19-26 January 2025

Posted on January 27, 2025 by URC

A round up of news from across the United Reformed Church over the past seven days 19-26 January 2025. East Midlands A warm celebration was held at Fountain Square Church in Tideswell recently for the induction of the Revd Carole … Continue reading →

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COP29 – The Final Scores

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Littlehampton United

What did COP29 achieve?   The COP29 summit was a crucial test of global commitments to mobilise resources to avoid the severe damage to populations, species and eco-systems that would accompany a global warming above 1.5 degrees. COP29 failed this test. … Continue reading →

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COP29 negotiations overrun with much to do in the final hours.

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Littlehampton United

A draft of the text commits to $1.3 trillion of climate finance per year by 2035, but it is shockingly weak on where this money will come from. Very little is pledged by developed countries. Chiara Martinelli, Director of Climate … Continue reading →

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Engaging with the Assisted Dying debates faithfully, prayerfully and compassionately

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Littlehampton United

“Death is the final taboo”; isn’t that what they say? Well, perhaps not so much at the moment. A new bill asking MPs to consider legalising assisted dying is coming before parliament for a debate on the 29th November. Despite … Continue reading →

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COP29 – Pedaling to conclusion 20/11/2024

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Littlehampton United

200 cyclists have arrived at Baku, Azerbaijan, having cycled almost 4,000 miles from Paris. We need their passion to be matched in the committee rooms where delegations are hammering out compromises to rescue COP29. The Azerbaijan COP has been described … Continue reading →

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