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º£½ÇÖ±²¥ joins coalition to show it stands together with refugees

19 May 2021
The United Reformed Church has become a founding member of new campaign coalition Together With Refugees. The coalition, made up of more than 100 national, local, refugee-led and grassroots groups, calls for a better approach to supporting refugees that is kinder, fairer and more effective, and believes in showing compassion to people fleeing war, persecution […]

Call for a people’s vaccine reaches 450 signatures

18 May 2021
The º£½ÇÖ±²¥ General Assembly Moderators joined 450 academics, politicians, charities, faith leaders, and healthcare workers on 10 May to urge the prime minister to waive vaccine patents. In an open letter, organised by Global Justice Now, STOPAIDS, and Just Treatment, the group called on Boris Johnson to “stand on the right side of history”. The […]

º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Eastern Synod divests from fossil fuels ahead of G7 and COP26

18 May 2021
The United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) Eastern Synod has joined 35 faith institutions from 11 countries in announcing its divestment from fossil fuels. The announcement, made on 17 May, comes from institutions in Brazil, Argentina, India, the Philippines, Uganda, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, the UK and the US, along with the º£½ÇÖ±²¥, Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, and […]

Submit photos for new º£½ÇÖ±²¥ calendar

18 May 2021
Do you have a good photo of your church building? Or do you have a keen photographer in your congregation? The º£½ÇÖ±²¥ is publishing a calendar of church buildings for 2022 to give a flavour of the length and breadth of the denomination in its anniversary year. From Victorian churches, post-war pre-fabs, to churches opened […]

Walks for water raises hundreds for charity

17 May 2021
A member of Vicars Cross º£½ÇÖ±²¥, in the United Reformed Church’s Mersey Synod, has spent the lockdown raising hundreds of pounds for charity. Marje Robinson kept active by taking walks around her local area but increased her distance after spotting Water Aid’s ‘Walk for Water’ charity challenge on Facebook which encouraged people to walk four, […]

Prayers for the Holy Land

14 May 2021
The following prayer was written by Diana Paulding from the context of the participants of the º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s educational visit to Israel and Palestine in 2019. It has been adapted for possible use in collective worship. Please feel free to use and share it.  Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, we bring to you prayers for the land […]
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