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The Children’s and Youth Work team is happy to announce the winners of the URC Children’s birthday card competition. Launched in April, the competition was aimed at children aged 12 and under who were asked to design a card that a church or synod could send to a child aged one-to-12. Choosing the winners was […]

Here’s your round-up of local news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days. East Midlands Synod Kind-hearted young people, who attend Melton Youth Club held at Melton Mowbray with Freeby United Reformed Church, have put together a leaflet to help Ukrainian children living in the town after fleeing the war […]

Here’s your round-up of local news from around the United Reformed Church (URC) over the past seven days.   East Midlands Synod’s Youth Representative Ella Lemon has organised and undertaken an 87-mile walk with friends and colleagues to raise money for Young Minds, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to the emotional wellbeing and mental health […]

URC Children, a new umbrella for children aged 0 to 12-years-old connected with the United Reformed Church (URC), is being launched in July through a new prayer initiative. All local congregations are invited to ‘Pray like Hannah’ across the month of July for children. Only 21% of those worshipping in local URCs are children, with […]

The Revd Dr Peter Cruchley, has been appointed the new Director of the World Council of Churches (WCC’s) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME). Based in the United Reformed Church West Midlands Synod, Dr Cruchley is currently the Mission Secretary for the Council for World Mission. He has served in this role since 2016. […]

Warm, caring, enthusiastic, and talented are just some of the words used to describe the latest recipients of the United Reformed Church (URC) Lundie Memorial Award. Four-year-old Cleo Ward, from the URC Southern Synod, is June’s winner. Cleo is described as “a shining light in the fellowship of the Church” by Pam Tolhurst, a local […]