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General Assembly round-up: 8-11 July 2022

Posted on July 15, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 15 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye The 2022 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC), met both online and in-person at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, from 8-11 July 2022. The meeting started with worship … Continue reading →

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URC apologises for its role in the transatlantic slave trade

Posted on July 12, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 12 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye The United Reformed Church (URC) has made a confession and apology for the role of its antecedents in transatlantic slavery and its continuing complicity in the legacies of the trade today. … Continue reading →

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General Assembly day four round-up: 11 July 2022

Posted on July 11, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 11 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye The Revd Helen Everard, Chaplain to the Moderator, led prayers on the fourth day of Assembly at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. Session ten Remaindered business Paper B/D/M 1 Assembly Accredited … Continue reading →

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General Assembly day three round-up: 10 July 2022

Posted on July 10, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 12 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye Worship on the third morning of General Assembly was led by the Revd Helen Everard, Chaplain to the Moderator. Meg Warner, Lecturer in Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at Northern College, … Continue reading →

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General Assembly 2022 day two round-up: 9 July 2022

Posted on July 9, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 10 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye Worship on the second morning of General Assembly was led by the Revd Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplain to the Moderator. Meg Warner, Lecturer in Old Testament and biblical Hebrew, led a Bible study … Continue reading →

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URC General Assembly makes history with Moderator-Elect

Posted on July 9, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 9 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye The United Reformed Church General Assembly has made history by electing its first woman BAME Moderator-Elect. The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, Minister of Wanstead URC, Trinity Walthamstow URC, Grange Park URC, … Continue reading →

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General Assembly 2022 day one round-up: 8 July 2022

Posted on July 8, 2022 by URC

Last Updated on 8 July 2022 by Ann-Marie Nye The 2022 General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC), meeting both in-person and online, started with worship led by the Revds Helen Everard and Lindsey Sanderson, Chaplains to the Moderators … Continue reading →

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Public morality and private profit: the case of nuclear weapons

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Littlehampton United

On 21st June governments and civil society representatives from across the globe assemble in Vienna for the first meeting of State Parties of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The event will see the gathering of State … Continue reading →

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Five things you can do to mark Refugee Week (20-26 June 2022)

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Littlehampton United

Refugee Week is taking place from 20-26 June this year, with the theme of ‘Healing’. There is so much going on across the UK to celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees – we’ve picked out five things you … Continue reading →

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Time to Ban the Bailiffs

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Littlehampton United

Joe Cox from our friends at Debt Justice (formerly the Jubilee Debt Campaign) introduces their new campaign to make council tax collection more humane and more effective – by ending council’s use of bailiffs. In its latest annual release the … Continue reading →

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