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Do you have a good photo of your church building? Or do you have a keen photographer in your congregation? The URC is publishing a calendar of church buildings for 2022 to give a flavour of the length and breadth of the denomination in its anniversary year. From Victorian churches, post-war pre-fabs, to churches opened […]

A member of Vicars Cross URC, in the United Reformed Church’s Mersey Synod, has spent the lockdown raising hundreds of pounds for charity. Marje Robinson kept active by taking walks around her local area but increased her distance after spotting Water Aid’s ‘Walk for Water’ charity challenge on Facebook which encouraged people to walk four, […]

The following prayer was written by Diana Paulding from the context of the participants of the URC’s educational visit to Israel and Palestine in 2019. It has been adapted for possible use in collective worship. Please feel free to use and share it.  Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, we bring to you prayers for the land […]

The United Reformed Church has joined a coalition of faith groups and leaders in writing to Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, to urge her to rethink the government’s proposed New Plan for Immigration, which they say “lacks humanity and respect for human dignity.” Signatories include the Jesuit Refugee Service, Caritas, Welcome Churches, the Salvation Army, […]

The next session in the United Reformed Church (URC’s) Black History Monthly initiative takes place on 17 May from 7.30-8.30pm. This month’s theme is ‘Black Voices Speak Out’ and a selection of poems by Black writers through the ages – from slavery to the present day – will be reflected on. The session promises to […]

A 145-year-old time capsule, containing ten coins and a rolled-up newspaper, has been discovered in the foundations of a United Reformed Church (URC) primary school. As reported on BBC News, the glass jar was found “by complete accident” while workers renovated the chapel at Barrow URC Primary School in Clitheroe, Lancashire, built in 1876. The […]