On the pilgrim way ‘It was a coming together of a part of the Church which had now dispersed’

25/04/2025 | Reform

Sheila Maxey enjoys a Church reunion

It is 20 months since Brentwood United Reformed Church closed. Last Christmas I received an email from C who, with her husband and son, moved away from Brentwood about two years before the closure. … Read More

Soul Stories: Jim Gascoigne

25/04/2025 | Reform

Jim Gasgoine remembers a pioneer calling

Perhaps the journey began before I was born. ‘In the womb you knew me,’ wrote the psalmist.

Perhaps it was in the family. My great grandfather, the Revd JG Gascoigne was a Congregational minister. … Read More

Songs of Faith: Stephen Newell & Naomi Sharp

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Newell and Naomi Sharp on hymn writing as a team

Good things are coming out of north east Bristol! Stephen Newell, URC minister and guitarist, and Naomi Sharp, Methodist lay worker and musician, are collaborating on ‘New Praise Hymns’. … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Psalm 23

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins finds fresh consolation in the best-loved scripture of all

What is there to say about the best-loved scripture of all? One thing is that it is also the most intimate. Other scriptures tell me God is our father … Read More

Here & now: Lydia Raddings

11/03/2025 | Reform

Lydia Raddings reports on a monumental ecumenical gathering for young people

At the end of January, I and a couple of others from the URC attended an ecumenical gathering of young adults at Dearen Valley Activity Centre near Doncaster. ‘Junction … Read More

Safer spaces

11/03/2025 | Reform

In the second of two articles following the Makin Report into abuse in the Church of England, Sharon Barr, the URC’s Safeguarding Lead outlines the biblical values seen in good safeguarding practice

The Makin Report, which was an independent review … Read More