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United Reformed Church (URC) ministers, Royal Navy officers, chaplains, and family and friends attended the unveiling of a painting for the UK’s largest ever aircraft carrier. Around 20 people gathered on 8 August in the chapel of the HMS Queen Elizabeth to see “Revival”, a painting by the Revd Elizabeth Gray-King gifted to the Royal […]

Here’s a round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) from the past seven days. Mersey Synod More than 100 people met on a very hot and sunny day at Parkgate and Neston URC to celebrate 50 years of the denomination with an all-age jubilee jamboree.   The Synod’s worship band, Café Jam, […]

Eight students from five different countries have renovated three outdoor spaces at Rugby United Reformed Church. The teenagers, who recently arrived from South Africa, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and Ukraine were joined by UK students and put together as part of a Prince’s Trust Team programme. Together they created a children’s garden, renovated the church’s reflective […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) is sad to announce the death of the Revd John D Waller, General Assembly Moderator 2002-2003. John, who had celebrated his 85th birthday last month, died at the end of July. Following his ministerial training at Westminster College, John was ordained in 1965. He served local pastorates in Richmond, Bracknell, […]

As the United Reformed Church (URC) celebrates its 50th Jubilee, the Church Life Review Group would like to hear your views. In John 15:5, Jesus says: “Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” With that verse in mind, we wonder what tending […]

A team of knitters and crocheters from Wylde Green United Reformed Church, in Sutton Coldfield, are celebrating the Commonwealth Games with creative postbox toppers. The team have impressed residents with a post box topper depicting a triathlon, which will take place at Sutton Park. In its centre, the creation also includes Perry the Bull, the […]