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World AIDS Day 2008, December the 1st
 How
can we as churches "Keep the Promise." to those, within our
membership and outside it, affected by AIDS ?
World AIDS Day 2008 resource (PDF)
[image courtesy CAFOD]
Getting real about death, sex and Jesus
There are three things Christians are reluctant to talk about:
death, sex and Jesus.
Death, Sex and Jesus by Mike Hensman
reform magazine
The latest edition of
Reform Magazine
is out now. Find out details on how to take out a
Reform Magazine subscription.
assembly
2008 photo diary
 Images
from the 2008 URC General Assembly which took place between
11th -14th
July
Photo
diary of 2008 URC General Assembly
registration of local churches
Guidance notes for local churches on registration under the
terms of the Charities
Act 2006.
Download Guidance notes from the URC Trustees (2MB PDF)
Congregationalists must ‘kiss and make-up’ with the URC
A leading Congregationalist has said his Church should learn to
"love the URC".
Congregationalists must ‘kiss and make-up’ with the URC
URC member’s generous bequest
A member of a local United Reformed Church in Northamptonshire
has left more than a million pounds to Christian Aid.
URC member’s generous bequest
the
minister drops in
United Reformed Church minister, the Revd
David Ireland often "drops in" on people, but never before from
140 feet above the pitch at Manchester United’s Old Trafford
ground.
David
Ireland drops in
Child smacking vote fails
 An
attempt to force a vote on the "smacking" of children failed because
there was insufficient time for a cross-party amendment to be
considered.
Child
smacking vote falls
synod
moderator goes aloft in hot air balloon
 The
Revd Nigel Uden, Moderator of the Southern Synod of the United
Reformed Church, was among church leaders who ascended in a
hot air balloon to pray for Sydenham and Forest Hill.
The "Here Our
Prayer" weekend
Special Prices on Brueggemann
books
 A selection of Walter Brueggemann titles
are on offer from the URC Bookshop.
Brueggemann book sale
£15,000
for cyclone relief
The Myanmar flood relief appeal, launched by the United Reformed
Church, has raised £14,925 in donations from local
congregations and individuals.
Information on the flood relief appeal
news for the world
 The United Reformed Church has produced 'News for the World', a
leaflet advising local churches on how to work with the media.
News for the World in pdf format (822KB)
general
assembly 2008
 General
Assembly this year took place at Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, 11th - 14th July 2008.
Information on the URC General Assembly 2008
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