The story so far

06/09/2024 | Reform

As the URC embarks on the second phase of its Church Life Review, John Bradbury, the General Secretary recaps. Newcomers start here…

The story of the Church Life Review begins with our decision to accept, name and understand the hard … Read More

Here and now: Charlotte Samson

06/09/2024 | Reform

‘The best part about the URC is that it is made up of great people who make you feel welcome and accepted’

I moved to England from South Africa in 2022 at the age of 14. Moving is very hard, … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Genesis 12:1-9

06/09/2024 | Reform

Meg Warner on a journey with Abram

Many of us know this passage pretty well. The LORD calls Abram to embark on an extraordinary journey – away from his homeland and everything he knows – and to travel to a … Read More

Songs of faith: Stephen Best

06/09/2024 | Reform

Hymn writer Stephen Best talks to Ana Gobledale

Maybe, as he says, it’s a Welsh thing or maybe it’s his poetic gift, but ready-to-sing hymns are arising from the pen of the Revd Stephen Best, part of our United Reformed … Read More

Soul stories: Jacob Bali

06/09/2024 | Reform

Jacob Bali moves from the Household Cavalry to ministry

The year was 2014, mid-February. It was a typical working day, going through my morning routine in the stables of Hyde Park Barracks as a soldier in the Household Cavalry Mounted … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I seemed to be the keeper of the family memory’

06/09/2024 | Reform

This summer I have been on rather a special journey down memory lane – all the more special because it was shared. I visited my 89-year-old cousin in Germany. He remembered our first ‘adult’ meeting – I was 17 and … Read More