It’s 4am. Can’t sleep. I have been ‘hyem’ – that is ‘home’ in dialect – fear not Boris, only in memory! That’s what it is like in lockdown. And this by virtue of two books sent to me by friends: Northumberland and its People, and the other, From Shiels to Shields, North Shields on the […]
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City forefather who dared to tangle with the BATCHELOR Butes. Some City folk know that I have been writing the story of City URC – that goes back some 400 years! – for a history journal. Then while the journal was in production, David Meek, who kept me straight on the financial side, told me […]
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In addition to the Zoom events, listed below, there is also a service you can listen to on Mixcloud, usually about 30 minutes in length, with voices from across the pastorate and a sermon. It can be found each week at Mixcloud.com/cardiffurcs
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The Cardiff and Penarth churches are holding a weekly Friday “Coffee Morning” at 10.00 am. Please contact the Church Secretary for further information about how to join this group meeting via Zoom.
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Join the Thursday Bible Study at 7.30 pm – with a break for Clapping for Carers; contact the Church Secretary for more details
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City United Reformed Church are meeting weekly for Wednesday Evening Prayers at 8.30 p.m. Please contact the Church Secretary if you would like to join the prayer time.
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For as long as people are shut up indoors, Reform magazine is free to read online. Just click here.As in the words of a popular British children’s programme, why don’t you switch off the TV and do something less boring instead during this coronavirus lockdown? Read May’s edition of the United Reformed Church’s Reform magazine. The May issue, […]
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City United Reformed Church is holding a weekly Bible Study each Tuesday at 2.00pm. The current theme is ‘Women of the Bible’. Please contact the Church Secretary if you would like to join in with the online studies.
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City URC hosts a Sunday Zoom church service each week on Sunday morning at 10.30am. People from across the pastorate contribute to the service. Please contact the Church Secretary if you would like to join in worship.
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We miss meeting up in our building so have moved to an online coffee morning each Saturday at 10.30am Please contact the Church Secretary if you would like to join in with this time for catching up with each other and sharing news and views.
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City forefather who dared to tangle with the BATCHELOR Butes. Some City folk know that I have been writing the story of City URC – that goes back some 400 years! – for a history journal. Then while the journal was in production, David Meek, who kept me straight on the financial side, told me […]
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Zimbabwe is a country that seems to live with serious challenges – challenges that are political, economic and social. But an additional threat over the last year has been on the extreme weather front. Severe drought has affected much of the country and a cyclone left a wake of destruction. Learning to live with the […]
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Recently Martha reminded us that there are some parts in the Bible that we are all perhaps even a bit too familiar with, as they get revisited all the time. On the other hand we have sections like today that, when opening the lectionary to put together a service, can be a bit discomfiting. What […]
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On 24th August Cardiff celebrated Pride, a celebration of the LGBT+ community. It is worth reflecting that it has now been three years since the URC voted to allow its churches to decide whether they want to register to perform marriages of same-sex couples. Cumnor URC, in Oxford, was one of the first congregations to […]
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‘Our God is God not of the dead, but of the living’ (Mk. 12:27.) The other day I was reading an act passed by Parliament in January 1645: “An Ordinance for taking away the Book of Common Prayer, and for establishing and putting in execution of the Directory for the publique worship of God.” When […]
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The government has announced tougher plans to tackle climate change by pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the UK to almost zero by, the year 2050. Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, MPs agreed to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, but this will now change under the terms of the new law. The […]
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Our FAN (Friends and Neighbours) group is open to anyone friendly from around the corner or around the world. If you are feeling a little lonely, are new to the area or learning English you will be especially welcome. We are a friendly group of men and women who gather each Saturday ready for 11 […]
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Crowds looked on in shock as flames swept through the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame ‘the Soul of Paris’ said one report. Some wept, other knelt in prayer, while rich men searched for their cheque books. Grenfell Tower stands alone, embalmed, in Central London. Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War. In the debris […]
Read MoreMore than 2 million people have been affected by Cyclone Idai in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. An estimated 80,000 people have been displaced and at least 240 people have been killed. The death toll is rising fast, with over 1,000 predicted lost. Christian Aid is already on the ground in Malawi and Zimbabwe. In Malawi, […]
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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 […]
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