Who are Hoops and Loops? Hoops and Loops is a Support/Social group for LGBT+ asylum seekers and refugees. They were first set up by Displaced People In Action in 2015 and still has a few founder members in the group awaiting for their asylum decisions. What do they do? They meet once a month in […]
Single use plastics have found their way into every part of our life, they are easily disposable, pervasive and carry long term environmental consequences. It’s almost impossible to really understand how a bag, tray, straw, water bottle or toothbrush could out live us and carry on damaging the natural world, but this is the legacy […]
Christian Aid’s chief executive Amanda Mukwashi praised the work of Commitment for Life when she gave a rousing speech at this year’s URC General Assembly in early July. She called it a model of positive partnership that had raised millions of pounds for Christian Aid. She said the 25th anniversary of CforL marked ‘25 years […]
As you may know, our chosen church charity this year is the Maudelias Foundation, and we wanted to give the church an update on our activities. We officially constituted the charity earlier this year, we have chosen a Small Charities constitution to use, and have four Trustees; three are City URC members and one other […]
The Mustard Seed. The gardener’s nightmare. Once sown it grows quickly, reproduces itself, and is very difficult to get rid of. The Japanese knot weed comes to mind. ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?’ Jesus asks. A giant oak tree, or a cedar of […]
Wales is known as the ‘Land of Song’ and with over 300 choirs, it’s easy to see why. When we founded Affinity Female Voice Choir we aimed to provide something different for local women who wanted to sing, perform and make friends. Our association with the URC is a huge part of what we have […]
Every Thursday evening, the Upper Room is full of young people aged 16-18 drawn from five schools and colleges in Cardiff, who come together to train and plan. What for? You could ask. Well, they are the Cardiff part of our Hybu Pobl Ifanc programme. Hybu is a local charity which works with young people […]
When I first started making digital paintings five years ago I would never have thought that my hobby could become a way to help others – yet now, five years later, I can say that this has happened and it has been the most beautiful surprise. When I started I could barely come to terms […]
Zimbabwe at a glance after the coup (not a coup) Zimbabwe had to endure 37 years of one-way policy-making – unchecked decision-making and among many minuses no freedom of speech, association and no rule of law whatsoever. Freedom of speech and rule of law are a nation-building assets that most democracies have invested in. The […]
“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. […]
