Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Remember those lockdown services where the minister would be the only one in church? This was the opposite.’

20/09/2022 | Reform 1

Paul Kerensa on the first church broadcast

It’s a big year for anniversaries. The URC celebrates its fiftieth this autumn, soon before the BBC turns one hundred.

2022 marks the centenary of not just Auntie Beeb, but British … Read More

Glimpsing the Spirit Midwife

24/06/2022 | Reform

Fiona Bennett, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly for 2022 to 2023 and Minister of Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, talks to Laurence Wareing

How would you describe your early life and influences?I grew up in Aberdeen in … Read More

The churches that make us: Downing Place, Cambridge

24/06/2022 | Reform

Jane Bower tells a story of grief and joyful rebirth in Cambridge

I sit in the airy sanctuary of Downing Place United Reformed Church in the centre of Cambridge, light pouring through tall arched windows, beautiful light oak flooring … Read More

Great Big Green Week

24/06/2022 | Reform

Jake Woodier introduces a new way for churches to take action on the climate

The UK continues to occupy a position of global responsibility at a historic time for the future of humankind. We are grappling with what is … Read More

A good question: What’s so important about diversity?

24/06/2022 | Reform

One question, five answers

Anne Lewitt‘It’s a huge gift from God’

I believe God created the diversity that I see in the people around me – and I also believe that it’s a huge gift to be treasured.

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Money Talk

24/06/2022 | Reform

We need to talk about money, says Fred Robinson – imaginatively and generously

Churches talk quite a lot about money. That’s not surprising, given that many have financial worries. They may be struggling to pay the bills. A leaking … Read More