Advent Reflections

“A prison cell in which the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, isn’t a bad picture of Advent”. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison Imagine Imagine a room. The doors and windows are locked. Voices echo around the room. Hopes and fears. Waiting, hoping. A room. The world’s space. […]

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Our Witness

Recently one of our members gave us the white envelope with our name on it, asking us to write what/why we came to City URC.  Well, recently, I had the chance to write my story of how I came back to Christianity and it was because of City URC. At The Gathering last year, we […]

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Letter from an Elder

By Revd Shelagh Pollard It was a sobering sight – arriving at church on Sunday morning in St. Etienne to see 4 soldiers at the entrance, weapons at the ready, protecting the building, as indeed they are protecting all religious buildings at this time of heightened security. Our friends in the congregation have come to […]

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Worship at City URC during July 2017

We meet every Sunday at 10.30 am for worship, we welcome you, your friends and family to join us for a welcoming, open service with coffee and fellowship afterwards. Creche facilities are available. Sunday 2nd July Revd Ken Graham Sunday 9th July Revd Shelagh Pollard followed by table talk at 12 noon led by Mr […]

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We are refurbishing our cafe…

We are refurbishing our cafe… and will reopen on Monday 24th July with a brand new look café, community cooking sessions,  evening restaurant service and much more! in partnership with:           …thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you soon!  

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Pantycelyn: The Longing and the Legacy

Williams Pantycelyn: The Longing and the Legacy Professor E. Wyn James Wednesday 12th July, 7.30 pm This year sees the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great hymn-writer, William Williams (1717–91) of Pantycelyn. He is a one the giants of Welsh religious and cultural life. According to one literary critic he was ‘the greatest […]

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