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Two teenagers have been named the latest recipients of the Lundie Memorial Award.
Thirteen-year-old James Gough, pictured left, from the United Reformed Church (URC) South Western Synod, received the award in December for sharing his technical skills during the Covid-19 pandemic when he joined the all-age worship team.
It is with deep sadness that the United Reformed Church (URC) announces the death of the Revd Peter McIntosh, a former Moderator of its General Assembly and Director of The Windermere Centre.
Mr McIntosh began his ministerial career at Byker Presbyterian Church/Priory Green URC in Newcastle in 1968.
He also ministered at St Andrew’s Dartford in 1976, Crossway Church in Elephant and Castle in 1979 and Christchurch in East Dulwich in 1985 before serving as Southern Synod Training Officer from 1985-1990.
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.
We are saddened by the news that this year's Greenbelt Festival has been cancelled. You can read the latest update from Greenbelt on their website.
We continue to work hard behind the scenes, planning for next year's festival. An update from the URC at Greenbelt team will be posted soon.
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:
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