In the latest issue of Reform magazine, the Revd Catherine Ball, Minister of The Free Church, St Ives, and Fenstanton United Reformed Church, Cambridgeshire, explores the rewards and challenges of pastoral care today.
Pastoral care is one of the core responsibilities in ministry. It is a vital aspect of church life, developing relationships, building community and opening up opportunities for the application of the good news of God’s grace. As a minister, I find pastoral care one of the most challenging aspects of the role, but also one of the most rewarding.


The sun shone very brightly in Northamptonshire over the bank holiday weekend (23-26 August) where faith, arts and activism came together at this year's Greenbelt festival.
Daily Devotions, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) series of digital daily Bible readings, reflections and prayers, reaches its 1000th edition on 23 August.
Church leaders, charity representatives and a celebrity have come together to urge the government to protect the supply of free school meals after a no-deal Brexit.
It is with deep sadness that the United Reformed Church (URC) announces the death of the Revd Graham Cook.


