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Westbury Gardens United Reformed Church (URC) in Blackburn is the latest in a growing number of congregations to receive a Children and Youth Friendly Award. The Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme can help your church improve the welcome it gives to children, young people and families. Churches that join the scheme work with a […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) is sad to announce the death of the Revd David Marshall-Jones OBE, former National Scout Chaplain. The Church learned about David’s death on 1 March and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time. David served the URC in a variety of roles: from serving […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 26 February – 3 March 2024. West Midlands Synod Shrewsbury United Reformed Church (SURC) in Shropshire has gained a Silver A Rocha UK Eco Award. “We’re really pleased with this latest award which reflects the hard work that members […]

We asked Ukrainian young people who are refugees in the UK what we should pray for on the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Here is their response: God who hears, For two years we have prayed, mourned and lamented. Two years of war in Ukraine. Two years of invasion, of violence, of death. […]

Inspirational stories thread their way through the March edition of Reform. The team meets playwright and performer Jo Clifford, who speaks about her journey towards healing and the need for empathy in theatres and churches alike. And Colin Thompson tells the story of his Jewish mother, saved from Nazi persecution by the Kindertransport in 1939. Then […]

Open To All is a touring exhibition by United Reformed Church minister the Revd Elizabeth Gray-King in partnership with the Open Table Network, which continues to be shown in cathedrals and town centre churches in 2024. Having already visited Newcastle, Sunderland Minster, Sacred Trinity in Salford and Liverpool Parish Church, the exhibition will mark LGBTQ+ […]