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Thanks to grants from the United Reformed Church (URC) Children’s and Youth Work (CYW) Team, 15 clubs were supported this summer with a grant of either £50 or £100. For some churches, this was their first holiday club while others had been established for some time. The crafts, activities and games offered at the clubs […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days: 9-15 November. Mersey Synod Christ Church United Reformed Church in Port Sunlight, with the assistance of the Green Watch from Bromborough Community Fire Station, has installed a River of Poppies on the tower of its building. The River of Poppies […]

The Revd Lucy Brierley, Minister of Woking United Reformed Church in Surrey, offers this reflection for Remembrance Sunday 2023: As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,  saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! Luke 19 v41-42 Many worship leaders face […]

Padre David C Haslem, a United Reformed Church minister serving within the Royal Air Force reflects on Remembrance 2023: Lest we Forget are the words chiselled on the first main Cenotaph following the First World War. The building of The Cenotaphs and the inscribed words came about from an outpouring of public consciousness and grief […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days, 2-8 November 2023. A Bake-Off style competition and charity cake sale was held at United Reformed Church House this week. Alongside cakes made and donated by staff, and sold raising £120 for First Step, a charity supporting families of […]

Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church alongside its community project, The Mead Centre, have become official Guinness World Record breakers. On 16 October, the church and community project alongside 250 organisations, collectively known as MK Can, joined Milton Keynes (MK) Food Bank’s effort in gathering as many food cans to create the longest long line that […]