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Eight-year-old Poppy Taylor from North Western Synod has been named November’s Lundie Memorial Award winner! Nominated by David Bailey, church secretary at Greenmount URC, Poppy is described as “a happy, outgoing character” who loves church life and considers it her “second family.” Poppy is a shining role model for younger generations, enthusiastically helping with holy […]

For Epiphany 2025, which falls on 6 January, the Revd Philip Brooks, Deputy General Secretary (Mission), offers this reflection: My memories of Epiphany or twelfth night are tinged with sadness. As a child it was the moment when all the Christmas magic was put away in its box. Down came the tree and decorations, the […]

In this reflection for New Year, the Revd Jenny Mills, Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship), asks: “Are you planning on making a New Year’s resolution?” I spent a lot of my life making such commitments and consequently a lot of time beating myself up when, inevitably, I fell short. I resolved to change my level of […]

The URC’s Head of Communications, Andy Jackson, takes a Christmas Day trip down memory lane. Christmas Day was always a bit different in our household. This is because our parents worked on Christmas Day. My father is a URC Minister, the Revd Michael Jackson. Not only was I the eldest child of the manse, but […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 16-22 December. Wessex Synod With the recent stormy conditions, Petersfield and Liss’ annual Round Table Santa’s Sleigh Event was at risk of complete cancellation. The town’s festival had already been called off. However, Petersfield & Liss stepped in to […]

When you look at your Nativity set nestling peacefully under the Christmas tree what do you see? A holy Mary and Joseph watching over Jesus in the manger. On one side a group of ordinary shepherds, sent into town by an angel and a heavenly choir, on the other three kings who have followed the […]