I wish I’d been there

25/04/2025 | Reform

The Council of Nicaea is 1,700 years old in May. Susan Durber looks back on the most momentous Church Meeting of all

I’m confident that many readers of Reform have been to church meetings of all sorts; a few Elders … Read More

Travel in Hope

25/04/2025 | Reform

In February, representatives of different Churches and nations visited the Holy Land, responding to a call for solidarity. Here, some of those who took part report and reflect

Kevin SnymanURC Programme Officer for Global Justice and Partnerships

At the end … Read More

Give my Spirit Voice

25/04/2025 | Reform

As the URC celebrates 35 years of Rejoice and Sing, Stephen Tomkins hears from David Thompson the story of creating the hymnbook at the heart of the Church

The idea of producing a hymnbook for the United Reformed Church was … Read More

The Art of Welcome

25/04/2025 | Reform

If a welcome was what you were looking for, it was easy to find at the 2025 URC Youth Assembly

‘All are welcome’ was the theme for the 2025 URC Youth Assembly – held this year in a new venue, … 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

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