How a church can reach further

27/01/2023 | Reform

A small church is having a big impact through community partnerships, finds Stephen Tomkins

Ten years ago, Roker United Reformed Church, Sunderland, had a Church-Related Community Worker, Helen Stephenson. She saw that the congregation was already engaged with the … Read More

Tending the vineyard

27/01/2023 | Reform

Three ‘Jubilee questions’ posed by the URC’s Church Life Review Group received a wide range of responses, says Lindsey Sanderson

The Church Life Review Group was set up by the URC’s Mission Council in March 2021, following discussion about … Read More

Partners in Mission

27/01/2023 | Reform

In a new series, Ana Gobledale meets the URC’s partners in international mission. First, So-Young Jung from South Korea

When I became a ‘missionary’ in 1983, I refused to use the word because all I could picture was a … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I travel my pilgrim way now as a widow’

27/01/2023 | Reform

Sheila Maxey now travels on as a widow

A new section of my pilgrim way has begun in which I travel as a widow. So many have trod this way before me, but each of us has to find … Read More

Here & now: Philippa Osei

27/01/2023 | Reform

Philippa Osei finds inspiration in Korea

As Moderator-Elect of the United Reformed Church Youth Assembly, I was recently invited by the Council for World Mission and the World Council of Reformed Churches to South Korea for the Women in … Read More

All are welcome? Age and maternity

27/01/2023 | Reform

Is there a place for church members without children?

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this column I am speaking to a range of people from around the URC about their experiences of church and … Read More