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This year, Greenbelt celebrates its 50th anniversary. That’s 50 years of celebrating arts, faith and activism. But what exactly is attending the festival like? Here, the Revd Adrian Bulley, Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship), shares what it was like attending his first festival 14 years ago, what stopped him making the festival a regular summer activity, […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) over the past seven days. Eastern Synod Congratulations to ten-year-old Lexi May Rose-Cobbold who is the latest recipient of Children’s and Youth Work’s Lundie Memorial Award. Lexi gained the award for helping out at the café at her church, Wattisfield º£½ÇÖ±²¥ in Norfolk. Of […]

The Revd Lindsey Sanderson has been nominated to serve as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) National Synod of Scotland following the retirement of the Revd Paul Whittle. Lindsey graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and has served at Righead º£½ÇÖ±²¥, East Kilbride since 2012, and Hamilton º£½ÇÖ±²¥ since 2017. In the late 1990s, […]

The Revd Nicola Furley-Smith, United Reformed Church Secretary for Ministries, recently spent a week visiting the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK). In this reflection, Nicola shares what the trip was about and how, as a woman, the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ story and her presence at a meeting resulted in the suspension of certain rules…. My trip has […]

As the nation celebrated the Coronation of King Charles III, congregations across the United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) held afternoon tea parties, coffee mornings and much more. East Midlands Synod Abington Avenue º£½ÇÖ±²¥ took part in The Big Help Out on 8 May, where people across the UK gathered to lend a hand in their communities. […]

The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church provide the following response to the publication of the UK government’s gambling white paper:- The government’s white paper ‘High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age’, published on 27 April, is a combination of welcome changes, disappointing […]