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Two teenagers have been named the latest recipients of the Lundie Memorial Award. Thirteen-year-old James Gough, pictured left, from the United Reformed Church (URC) South Western Synod, received the award in December for sharing his technical skills during the Covid-19 pandemic when he joined the all-age worship team. Joseph Hartley, 16, pictured right, from the […]

It is with deep sadness that the United Reformed Church (URC) announces the death of the Revd Peter McIntosh, a former Moderator of its General Assembly and Director of The Windermere Centre. Mr McIntosh began his ministerial career at Byker Presbyterian Church/Priory Green URC in Newcastle in 1968. He also ministered at St Andrew’s Dartford […]

Chorley United Reformed Church (URC) received three new church members via Zoom at their Covenant Service on 3 January. Apart from a brief respite in the autumn, the church has been offering an online act of worship on YouTube since last March. The reception of three new members was called a “great joy” to the […]

The United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination, comes into force on 22 January. The Joint Public Issues Team – representing the United Reformed Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church […]

It is clear that the new variant of the virus has caused a rapid and alarming increase in coronavirus infections. The United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland is sad to learn that some church leaders are threatening legal action if the Scottish government does not reverse its decision to close places of worship […]

February’s edition of Reform magazine is out on 31 January. A range of subscription options can be found here. In the meantime, we hope this article from the last issue whets your appetite: Belief in God is dying in the west, says Martin Camroux, but the mystery of God is inescapable. ‘Can’t you hear those […]