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There are more insights into the situation in Ukraine in this month’s edition of Reform. Katherine Kelaidis reports on the battles of Orthodoxy and freedom taking place there as result of historic tensions with Russia. Closer to home, Andy Atkins, CEO of the Christian environmental organisation A Rocha UK, talks collaboration, campaigning and COPs. Victoria Turner […]

A round-up of what’s happening in and around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the coming months. May Retaining team members Join the Children’s and Youth Work Team on Zoom on 25 May from 7-8pm for a discussion on recruiting and retaining team members. Guest speaker, John Stephenson, Youth Work Adviser for Northern Synod, will […]

This year, Greenbelt celebrates its 50th anniversary. That’s 50 years of celebrating arts, faith and activism. But what exactly is attending the festival like? Here, the Revd Adrian Bulley, Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship), shares what it was like attending his first festival 14 years ago, what stopped him making the festival a regular summer activity, […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days. Eastern Synod Congratulations to ten-year-old Lexi May Rose-Cobbold who is the latest recipient of Children’s and Youth Work’s Lundie Memorial Award. Lexi gained the award for helping out at the café at her church, Wattisfield URC in Norfolk. Of […]

The Revd Lindsey Sanderson has been nominated to serve as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland following the retirement of the Revd Paul Whittle. Lindsey graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and has served at Righead URC, East Kilbride since 2012, and Hamilton URC since 2017. In the late 1990s, […]

The Revd Nicola Furley-Smith, United Reformed Church Secretary for Ministries, recently spent a week visiting the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK). In this reflection, Nicola shares what the trip was about and how, as a woman, the URC story and her presence at a meeting resulted in the suspension of certain rules…. My trip has […]