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Wigan church receives award
11 Jan 2023
Trinity United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥), in Wigan, is the second church to receive the Children and Youth Friendly Church certificate and plaque for the work it does to support families. Its work has been demonstrated through a variety of activities taking place there each week. For example, many families within the local community attend Little […]
º£½ÇÖ±²¥ appoints new Chief Operating Officer
05 Jan 2023
The United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) has appointed its new Chief Operating Officer.  Victoria James, who recently served as the Diocesan Secretary in the Church of England’s Diocese of Portsmouth, will take up the post on 9 January.  As agreed at the 2022 General Assembly, the post replaces the Deputy General Secretary (Administration and […]
Epiphany 2023: Who do you say I am?
03 Jan 2023
The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, General Assembly Moderator-Elect 2022-2023 of the United Reformed Church, brings together the themes of truth, identity and racial-justice in this reflection for Epiphany. Mary’s child baptised into reconciliation and inclusion, justice and truth Immersed in water and fire, Heavens open. God’s voice booming Dove descending. Immanuel rising Breaking-through. Setting us […]
º£½ÇÖ±²¥ gives thanks to the ministry of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
31 Dec 2022
Following the death of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Revd Dr John Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, said: “The papacy has been one of the causes of deep division within the western churches, but the fruits of the ecumenical movement are many. Today we mourn the loss of a baptised […]
New Year’s Day 2023: a new year, a new me?Â
28 Dec 2022
In this reflection for New Year’s Day, Jo Harris, United Reformed Church Youth Moderator, explores what she’ll be focusing on tin 2023: Another year has been and gone and I suddenly find myself wondering what my resolutions are going to be next year. I’m pondering over the ideas in my head about what might be: […]
Love at a cellular level
22 Dec 2022
The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, a º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Minister and Moderator-Elect of the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ General Assembly, the first ethnically-minoritised woman to be elected to the role, reflects on the column written by Jeremy Clarkson in The Sun about Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, which is now the most complained about newspaper article ever, and the lack […]
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