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Chorley United Reformed Church (URC) received three new church members via Zoom at their Covenant Service on 3 January.
Apart from a brief respite in the autumn, the church has been offering an online act of worship on YouTube since last March.
The reception of three new members was called a “great joy” to the church.
The United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination, comes into force on 22 January.
The Joint Public Issues Team – representing the United Reformed Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church in Britain, and the Church of Scotland – along with 23 faith leaders from around England, Scotland and Wales issues this joint statement:
It is clear that the new variant of the virus has caused a rapid and alarming increase in coronavirus infections.
The United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland is sad to learn that some church leaders are threatening legal action if the Scottish government does not reverse its decision to close places of worship during the current phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.
February’s edition of Reform magazine is out on 31 January. A range of subscription options can be found here. In the meantime, we hope this article from the last issue whets your appetite:
Belief in God is dying in the west, says Martin Camroux, but the mystery of God is inescapable.
