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Good news for the New Year: A new agreement to curb tax dodging
When you heard Big Ben strike midnight on 31st December, was your first thought that “this marks the moment when international tax laws change to make it harder for multinationals to avoid tax”? If, inexplicably, you had other priorities at … Continue reading
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Around the United Reformed Church in seven days: 2-9 January
A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 2-9 January. National Synod of Wales Lay Ministry Weekend More than 30 people, and one dog, attended the National Synod of Wales’ annual Lay … Continue reading
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Epiphany: encounter Jesus afresh in 2024
In this short video, the Revd Matt Stone, a United Reformed Church (URC) minister and the Chair of the Group for Evangelism and Renewal in the URC (GEAR) reflects on the season where we remember how the wise men travelled … Continue reading
Find time be “uncomfortable” this New Year
In this reflection, Vicky Longbone, Church Related Community Worker for Ashbourne Road Church and Mackworth United Reformed Church’s Derby Alive to Community (A2C) project, asks us to not get too comfortable this New Year: For me, the last few years … Continue reading
Christmas hope shared behind the prison walls
22 December 2023 The Methodist President gives the sermon for the Carol Service at HMP Lindholme Christmas is a difficult time for those in prison. The separation from loved ones is emphasised by the season and often by guilt. It … Continue reading
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Introducing Nathan McGuire
Blog · 21 December, 2023 In the autumn of 2016, I embarked on an early morning journey to Calais with my tutor, Simon Jones, to visit ‘the jungle’, a place I’d heard much about at Spurgeon’s College. Stepping out of … Continue reading
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Death of Vivienne Jeannot, Haiti
21 December 2023 Vivienne Jeannot, a Former National in Missions Appointments (NMA) postholder, has tragically been killed during an attempted kidnapping in Port au Prince, Haiti. Following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Vivienne oversaw the administration of donations totaling … Continue reading
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Around the URC in seven days: Christmas round-up
Last Updated on 18 December 2023 by Ann-Marie Nye A round-up of Christmas news featuring local congregations from around the United Reformed Church (URC) across Advent: Thanks to church members, volunteers and stall holders, Foleshill Road URC’s Christmas fayre in … Continue reading
Poverty in the UK
UK poverty levels in violation of international law Last month, the United Nations poverty envoy, Olivier De Schutter, stated that the UK is in violation of international law due to the poverty levels currently being experienced. This came five years … Continue reading
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General Assembly Moderator’s Christmas message
A Christmas message from the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, United Reformed Church General Assembly Moderator 2023-2024: Dear Friends, As we prepare for Christmas and end of year celebrations, I take this opportunity to wish you and your families a blessed … Continue reading