As we approach Easter and chocolate sales boom spare a minute for the cocoa farmers, many of whom earn less than they need to survive. Fairtrade Fortnight took place in March and brought many of these issues into sharp focus, but it’s important to remember that we can make a difference year-round by supporting Fairtrade […]
I’ve just finished reading David Nott’s recently published book War Doctor. It has left me profoundly moved by his accounts of trauma surgery in some of the worst conflict zones in the world. His humanitarian stories entailing accounts of putting bodies back together again after horrendous injuries caused by, for example barrel bombs in Syria, […]
Karen Campbell, a United Reformed Church (URC) Related Community Worker for Grassroots, a Luton-based ecumenical charity that supports community work through its involvement with the Bury Park Beech Hill Council of Churches, reflects on the tragic and violent loss of teenagers due to knife crime. Karen’s poem is a response to a Huffington Post article […]
At the beginning of 2018 the members and friends of City URC began to reflect on their shared history and thoughts for the future. Their stories were collected and presented as a ‘timeline’ on the wall in the main Church, excerpts from which will be serialised here. My church. History. I was taken to Charles […]
At the beginning of 2018 the members and friends of City URC began to reflect on their shared history and thoughts for the future. Their stories were collected and presented as a ‘timeline’ on the wall in the main Church, excerpts from which will be serialised here. When I resigned my valleys pastorate to become […]
At the beginning of 2018 the members and friends of City URC began to reflect on their shared history and thoughts for the future. Their stories were collected and presented as a ‘timeline’ on the wall in the main Church, excerpts from which will be serialised here. I first came to United Reform during the […]
At the beginning of 2018 the members and friends of City URC began to reflect on their shared history and thoughts for the future. Their stories were collected and presented as a ‘timeline’ on the wall in the main Church, excerpts from which will be serialised here. After completing a 20 year ministry at Beulah, […]
At the beginning of 2018 the members and friends of City URC began to reflect on their shared history and thoughts for the future. Their stories were collected and presented as a ‘timeline’ on the wall in the main Church, excerpts from which will be serialised here. “I started coming to City around 20 years […]
Every morning the URC sends out a Daily Devotion consisting of a reading, short reflecting and prayer written by a range of people from different places and perspectives within the URC. Recently we have been taking a journey through the Epistle to the Galatians. Our next series is on the Book of Ruth. This book […]
A group of major Churches is launching a campaign to challenge the government’s approach to illegal immigration, which they say is leading to destitution, discrimination and distrust. The Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have joined forces to call on the government to review entirely the web […]
