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The United Reformed Church (URC) has announced the cancellation of its 2020 General Assembly, the first time the meeting has been cancelled since the URC was founded in 1972. Inductions and some business of the General Assembly will, however, be carried out online.
The ongoing threat of coronavirus and the health and safety of General Assembly representatives, the staff of the URC and its Synods, and the government restrictions on so much in public life, is the cause of the cancellation.
The Moderators of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC), Derek Estill and the Revd Nigel Uden, have said that Dominic Cummings should “consider his position” following last night’s account about his trip to his parents’ farm.
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A virtual Pentecost Communion service, between the United Reformed Church (URC) and the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz (Protestant churches of the Palatinate region of Germany), will be held on Saturday 30 May.
The service, taking place via Zoom, will be led by both the Revd Philip Brooks, URC Secretary for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, and Pfarrer Martin Henninger, Minister of the Lutherkirche in Frankenthal, who is also the Convener of the Friends of the URC of the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz.
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How have churches been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how are they responding to these difficult times?
In the latest issue of the United Reformed Church’s (URC) Reform magazine, four ministers address this question.
Here’s an extract:
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The Revd Bridget Banks has been nominated as the next Moderator of the Southern Synod of the United Reformed Church (URC).
The Synod’s moderator post has been vacant since November 2019, when the Revd Nicola Furley-Smith became the URC’s Secretary for Ministries.
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