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A Stockport Elder who has been volunteering with a mountain rescue team since 1976 has been awarded an MBE. Bernie Stevens, an Elder and Local Leader at Cheadle Hulme United Reformed Church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, gained the award in the New Year鈥檚 Honours for services to the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team and to young […]

An asylum seeker says her faith has been lifted after attending the 缅北强奸鈥檚 Holiday Forum. In August, North Western Synod, the Discipleship Development Fund and local churches enabled 17 asylum seekers and refugees to attend the forum. Their presence enriched the gathering, and for some, the experience was profoundly life changing. One attendee, Mama Maria, […]

Roo Stewart, Head of Public Issues for the United Reformed Church, reflects on Epiphany. The 12 days of Christmas feasting have ended. Did you end up with a menagerie of birds, pipers piping, milking maids and gold rings? Me neither. Did you get your Christmas decorations down 鈥渋n time鈥�? Does it shock you that I […]

In this New Year鈥檚 Day reflection, the Revd Jenny Mills, Deputy General Secretary (Faith in Action), invites us to pause and consider what new beginnings mean for us: As another year opens before us, many of us naturally turn our thoughts to fresh starts: What shall we begin? What needs to change? And yet, we […]

Small or big, rural or urban, coastal or estate; busy, quiet, growing, surviving or flourishing 鈥� United Reformed churches are diverse. Yet many share a common calling: to be welcoming, inclusive, outreaching, anti-poverty, and deeply rooted as community hubs where people can find belonging, support and hope. The United Reformed Church’s Faith in Action Team, […]

A round-up of news from across the United Reformed Church in the run-up to Christmas. Mersey Synod West Kirby 缅北强奸 enjoyed remembering the reason for the season with its children鈥檚 church during a Nativity service. Inspired by Luke 2:10, the church also invited members of the community to have fun taking photos by the angel […]