Get cracking with this code!

30/10/2023 | Reform

The QR code is your church’s new friend, says Andy Jackson

There is a saying: ‘The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.’ Four years ago, I wrote a piece for Reform about the … Read More

God’s love on a plate

30/10/2023 | Reform

Laurence Wareing discovers that the Wooler Warm Hub is just what the Northumbrian town needed

The market town of Wooler is settled at the edge of the Northumbria National Park. It is not without its facilities; it has shops, pubs … Read More

Forever pastoring

26/09/2023 | Reform

Is pastoral care relevant today? asks Michael Hopkins

As congregations shrink in number, and fewer ministers of Word and Sacrament are available, it is inevitable that congregations see less of a minister than might once have been the case. The … Read More

Ministry at the workstation

26/09/2023 | Reform

Chaplaincy is a different kind of ministry of giving and receiving. Laurence Wareing asks chaplains what makes their work so special

The first question Elaine Hutchison was asked as a chaplain in Birmingham’s Bull Ring was, ‘What does the Bible … Read More

Jesus and… family

29/08/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Stephen Tomkins looks at Jesus’ attitude to family

You would assume, wouldn’t you, that Jesus was pretty enthusiastic about the family. Some Churches … Read More

When asylum seekers are found

29/08/2023 | Reform

It’s not just the asylum seekers whose lives are changed by one of the latest projects to win a URC Community Project Award. Laurence Wareing reports

The thing about DARE, says Negan, is that ‘you don’t have to go to … Read More