Please see the following advice from the Metropolitan Police (circulated by London Churches Social Action) that is relevant to all churches in the UK. Dear London church leaders, Boroughs Deans and other church social action contacts, Following the murder of Fr Jacques Hamel in Normandy yesterday, Archdeacon Luke Miller has circulated a message from the Metropolitan Police […]
From URC Website 28.7.16 Church leaders in Britain have expressed their deep sadness at the ‘brutal murder’ of a French priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, in his church near Rouen. The joint presidents of Churches Together in England say in a statement: ‘That a man of peace who had dedicated his life to serving people, could […]
From the URC Press Office Please find below the links to the electronic version of GA round up and a selection of GA images Round up: http://www.urc.org.uk/images/General-Assemblies/Assembly2016/General_Assembly_2016_News_round-up.pdf Image gallery: https://flic.kr/s/aHskDdNCZM These are free to use and disseminate across your networks and websites. If you do download and use the photos please add the following credit: […]
From URC News 11th July 2016 Resolution 38, that the proposed budget of the United Reformed Church for the following year should be brought to General Assembly to be debated, was presented by the Revd Dr Alan Spence and the Revd Nicola Furley-Smith on behalf of Southern Synod.It was brought with a […]
From the URC News Release 9 July 2016 ©URC 2016. Used with permission. On the afternoon of Friday 8 July, on the opening day of its General Assembly, the United Reformed Church inducted its two new moderators – the Revd Kevin Watson and Mr Alan Yates. Both men will serve as moderators for two years, […]
From the URC News Release 9 July 2016 ©URC 2016. Used with permission. This afternoon, Saturday 9 July 2016, the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC) voted in favour of allowing its local churches to conduct and register marriages for same-sex couples. This means that the URC is now the largest UK […]
Details of the URC Music Celebration Day 2016. The programme is not yet finalised but it is hoped to explore some of the more recent hymns of Alan Gaunt. Full details will be published in an edition of Joyful Notes and will also be available on the website http://www.urcmusic.org.uk
From the URC News Release 7 July 2016 The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, the denomination’s executive body, meets from 8 to 11 July at Southport Convention Centre to consider and decide on a range of issues including the marriage of same-sex couples. The URC’s General Assembly meets every two years to […]
This is taken from St Andrew’s URC Cheam’s Church Magazine (July / August 2016 issue) with the kind permission of the Editor and Laura Barker. IN MEMORIAM PETER GEOFFREY BLAKE BARKER 9th July 1928 – 13th May 2016 There were many tributes to Peter at the Service of Thanksgiving for his life held at St […]
To commemorate today’s 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, here is an article that Trinity URC Wimbledon posted on their Facebook page:- Trinity remembers those of our number who died at the Somme, especially Herbert Mackenzie who died 100 years ago today. Herbert was the son of Trinity members who lived in Quicks […]