Calling all photo enthusiasts! The United Reformed Church (URC) Communications Department is seeking photographs from URC members that represent the life of the denomination.

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Using the theme ‘24 hours in the life of the URC’ (before lockdown!), to cover any activity that shows what the URC does, the images will initially be as part of the General Assembly’s Book of Reports.

Details for the funeral of the Revd Dr Bernard Thorogood, who sadly died on 30 April in a Sydney hospital aged 92, have been released.

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The funeral will take place at Pymble Uniting Church, Sydney, on 7 May at 4pm Sydney time (7am BST). People can view the service live via this link. A password is not required. The service will be recorded an may remain online for a short while for those who are not able to are not able to watch it live.

Bernard was General Secretary of the URC from 1980 to 1992, and, prior to that, served as General Secretary of Council World Mission (CWM) from 1970 to 1980 (bringing CWM into being in its current form), and through most of the 1950s and 1960s was a missionary in the Pacific islands – mainly in the Cook Islands.

Bernard served as General Secretary of the URC at a time of immense change in Church life worldwide.

As in the words of a popular British children’s programme, why don’t you switch off the TV and do something less boring instead during this coronavirus lockdown? Read May’s edition of the United Reformed Church’s Reform magazine.

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This issue, the first produced under the lockdown, is jam-packed with news, comment, inspiration, and debate.