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The United Reformed Church (URC) has coordinated a series of special events and created resources to help mark Inter Faith Week, taking place from 8-15 November.
On 9 November, an online celebration will take place to review a pilot event which took place in October where conversations between mosques and churches were held.
In October 2020, the United Reformed Church (URC) launched its five-year safeguarding strategic plan.
The plan requires all parts of the URC – it’s people, councils, committees and groups – to work together on six key objectives to ensure the Church provides a sustained community of care where everyone, particularly the most vulnerable, can find a place of love, pastoral care and support.
The Revd Dr John Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, along with 18 other religious leaders in the UK, have urged the government to establish a cross-party commission to address the underlying causes of child poverty in the country.
In a letter to the Prime Minster published on 29 October, the leaders say:
Remembrance Sunday on 8 November, and Armistice Day on 11 November, are poignant opportunities to remember those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars, as well as later conflicts.
Simon Peters, Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today Project Manager, and Martin Hayward, Mission and Development Officer for the United Reformed Church Southern Synod, have produced 'Remembrance for whole-of-life disciples' a resource that aims to help people respond to the invitation to remember and the continued need for peace-making.
From ‘black history' to 'human history', Arran Jean-Baptiste, a young black man who grew up as part of High Cross United Reformed Church (URC) in Tottenham, offers his reflections.
What do you think about the term ‘Black History Month’?
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