From URC Website – Latest News Planning is well underway for the United Reformed Church’s contribution to this year’s Greenbelt festival of arts, faith and social justice. The popular event will take place at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, from 25 to 28 August 2017 – and the URC will be there for its second year as […]
The URC’s Joint Public Issues Team have asked us to share their Campaign Video for Christmas. If *only* there was a seasonally appropriate story about a family seeking refuge #averybritishnativity. Mary and Joseph have just arrived in the UK and are looking for somewhere safe to stay – what sort of welcome will they receive? […]
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 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 […]
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 […]