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Young people from all United Reformed Church (URC) Synods met for this year’s URC Youth Assembly (URCYA) – a weekend of decision-making as well as fun, faith and fellowship.
Themed “Common Ground”, the Assembly, which took place from 24-26 January at Whitemore Lakes, Staffordhshire, explored ways in which Christians can unite over three topics: politics, sex and relationships, and war and peace.
This year marks the 75th anniversary since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a complex of more than 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by the Nazis in occupied Poland during the Second World War.
More than 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives there.
For Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 and its theme of Stand Together, the Revd Philip Brooks, United Reformed Church Secretary for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, offers a reflection:
The Revd Nigel Uden and Derek Estill, Moderators of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, have joined leaders and representatives of ten British Church denominations and networks to speak together as the UK prepares to leave the European Union on 31 January.
In a joint statement, they say:
The Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, its General Secretary and other senior staff have signed a letter urging the Home Office to stop the deportation of a URC member who was recently arrested and may be deported early next week.
A petition which asks the Home Office to stop the deportation and for the person’s immediate release, set up by URC Minister the Revd Melanie Smith, has received more than 15,000 signatures.
