Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘That may be the last time half the planet listen to one voice at one time’

01/11/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on the sermon with the biggest audience

Imagine delivering a sermon to half the planet. This has only ever happened once, and it happened just a couple of months ago.

The state funeral of Elizabeth II was of … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘All my life I have seen myself as a giver’

01/11/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey says accepting kindness can be hard

The Bible says ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ but I am currently in the position of receiving rather than giving. That is my spiritual challenge.

Since Kees became … Read More

Here & now Reuben Watt

01/11/2022 | Reform

Reuben Watt finds a vision of the Church in Tallinn

I was lucky enough, recently, to officiate at the first ever Tallinn Open Women’s tennis event in Estonia. I had never been to Estonia but, for some reason, it was … Read More

Transforming our communities: The pale blue dot

01/11/2022 | Reform

Simon Hawking looks at what it takes to change our communities

One of my earliest memories is playing with my toy spaceships in the living room at our family home. It was a bright Saturday morning though it was early … Read More

A day to dance

03/10/2022 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins revisits the day the URC was born

The sun shone on London for 5 October 1972. Three thousand people, Congregationalists and Presbyterians, gathered to become the United Reformed Church, celebrating the fruition of nine years’ work and full … Read More

Jubilee for the earth

03/10/2022 | Reform

Lucy Foster looks at how churches have responded to the climate crisis and what more we can do

In the United Reformed Church’s Jubilee year, awareness of the deepening climate and biodiversity crises has been brought into searing focus by … Read More