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Religious, faith and belief groups have urged the government to rethink the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.  In a scathing letter, published in the Independent on 26 October, dozens of leaders, including the Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, warn of the “chilling effect” the Bill could have […]

The Group for Evangelism and Renewal (GEAR) within the URC is hosting another short series of live online prayer meetings in the run up to Assembly Executive (the new name for Mission Council) which is taking place at High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, from 22-24 November. Pray4URC will run on Thursday evenings at 8.15pm for […]

Sue Dunn, of Hutton and Shenfield Union Church shared with us some of the fun activites that their Supersleuths engaged in during holiday club. After some uncertainty earlier in the year we were finally able to hold our Holiday Club at the Church for children of primary school age. It was led for us by […]

Thanks to the Children and Youth Work Committee’s small grants fund and United Reformed Church (URC) Supersleuths resources, Castle Hill URC Northampton was able to buy equipment to support their holiday club this year and help children discover new ways of making friends. The holiday club was attended by 18 children who were between 4 […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) has added its voice to a campaign to scrap new immigration rules which mean that someone found to be rough sleeping could be deported.  The rules, which came into effect earlier in the year, give Home Office officials new powers to refuse or cancel a person’s leave to remain in […]

The United Reformed Church is helping to promote Charity Fraud Awareness Week, an award-winning campaign run by a partnership of charities, regulators, law enforcers, representative and umbrella bodies, and other not-for-profit stakeholders from across the world. The purpose of the week is to raise awareness about fraud and cybercrime and to create a safe space […]