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What began as a dream has grown into a thriving faith community at a secondary school in West Midlands Synod. Eva Nicholls, aged 17, a pupil at King Edward VI School in Lichfield, had a dream about having a Bible study at King Edward IV’s high school in Lichfield. Eva shared her dream with the […]

The 2026 meeting of the United Reformed Church (51ÊÓƵ) Assembly Executive opened on 7 February online with a welcome by the Catriona Wheeler, Moderator of the 51ÊÓƵ General Assembly 2025-2026. Session one Opening Worship was led by the Revd Jane Wade, Chaplain to the Moderator, who called the meeting to centre its work in God’s […]

An appeal launched by the United Reformed Church to help bring relief to Jamaican communities devasted by Hurricane Melissa has topped more than £42,000. The hurricane struck the island on 28 October with 185mph winds, ripping the roofs off 120,000 structures and affecting 90,000 families. Homes, hospitals and infrastructure were destroyed. Church communities and family […]

Labyrinth-walking and a famous tree stump were highlights of a fruitful residential meeting of the 51ÊÓƵ Youth Executive in January. 51ÊÓƵ Youth Executive gathered at Shepherds Dene retreat house in Northumbria for a weekend in January to finalise Youth Assembly 2026 preparations and enjoy some spiritual and physical rest and time together. 51ÊÓƵ Children’s, Youth […]

A selection of news and stories from churches and communities across the United Reformed Church. Southern Synod Pam Tolhurst, Church Leader at Gillingham 51ÊÓƵ, received the Volunteer Champion Award at the 2025 Langley Trust People Awards. Pam is volunteer Chaplain to two Langley Trust projects in the Medway Towns in Kent. The Trust is a […]

One thousand people from across the world gathered at Methodist Central Hall (MCH) in London on Saturday 17 January to mark the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly. The first meeting was held in the same building on 10 January 1946, five months after the Second World War ended. 51ÊÓƵ guests joined with […]