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The United Reformed Church (URC) has become an official partner of the national Warm Welcome scheme. The mission of the scheme is to support community organisations, churches, libraries, businesses and other faith groups to open their doors and provide a warm welcome for those struggling to heat their homes this winter. Lindsey Brown, Mission Support […]

Church leaders from the United Reformed Church, Baptist Union of Great Britain, and the Methodist Church in Great Britain have joined together to provide the following statement on the conclusion of the COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, held from 6-20 November: While we are extremely conscious of the cost-of-living crisis and the economic […]

A Church Related Community Work (CRCW) project is to help a hospital start a food parcel distribution service for NHS staff struggling with the cost of living. Initiated by staff, the service will be run at Royal Derby Hospital by volunteers, including those from Derby Alive to Community (A2C), a CRCW project for Ashbourne Road […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church from the past seven days: 16-22 November. The Revd Michaela Youngson, Assistant Secretary of the Methodist Conference, has written to the Revd Fiona Bennett, Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, to congratulate the URC on its 50th anniversary. In a letter sent […]

The Revd Jacob Bali, who served as a guard in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, reflects on the season of Remembrance. He reminds us that in remembering the horrors of the past, we also remember the assurance we have in Christ. Remembrance Day of 2022 marks the 104th anniversary of the armistice of the Great […]

High energy prices are affecting people up and down the country, but not Colin Usher. Colin, Church Secretary for West Kirby United Reformed Church, and his wife Jenny are making huge savings having designed and built their own zero-energy, eco-friendly home. Since moving into their home nine years ago, the couple have saved a whopping […]