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The autumn meeting of Assembly Executive opened on 28 November with a welcome by the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly. The meeting was held online and convened principly to discuss the URC’s budget for 2024, and beginning a search for strategy over longer term funding through the […]

A Wilsden church is urging Barclays Bank to exercise caution after a number of financial issues were caused after the bank suddenly closed its account. Wilsden Trinity Church, a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) between the United Reformed and Methodist Churches in Bradford, had banked with Barclays for around 20 years. However, 18 months ago the […]

In the December 2023-January 2024 issue of Reform magazine, Graham Handscomb asks, “If individuals can’t solve the conflicts of a violent world, what can we do?” In the annual Reform charity guide, ten charities, from local to global, offer suggestions of projects we can support that will make big differences to the lives of others. […]

Churches Together in St Ives and supporters are lobbying MPs after learning that asylum seekers living in a local hotel will be forced to leave their new community. Many of the asylum seekers have been welcomed by members of churches in the area, including The Free Church (United Reformed) St Ives, making a home for […]

Matilda Willis, aged eight, from United Reformed Church (URC) West Midlands Synod has been named October’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Matilda, who attends Sutton Coldfield URC, enjoys Messy Church sessions. So inspired by them, the eight-year-old approached the organising team with some ideas of her own. Some of her ideas included making daisy […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) has joined Let’s End Poverty, a major new social movement launched to help bring an end to poverty experienced throughout the UK. The campaigns urges people to call for politicians to make the end of poverty part of their party policies and their manifestos for the next General Election. Let’s […]