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Greenbelt 2020
Feeling crafty? For the URC tent at this year’s Greenbelt festival, you’re invite to create items linked to the theme of ‘Revolting Christians’. We would like you to create symbols used by Christians. They can be made out of any media (preferably using recycled materials) and need to be no more than credit card size. […]
Rambling with Clare Balding
Clare Balding joined the Penrhys Pilgrimage Way for a wet and windy walk from Trebanog to Penrhys for her Ramblings programme on Radio 4. With her producer Karen Gregor, Clare walked and talked with seven people involved in developing the Penrhys Pilgrimage Way, including Sharon Rees and Rob Moverley from Llanfair Uniting Church. Clare described […]
The Big Speak Out
The Big Speak Out 2020 is for 11 to 18 year olds associated with the URC – come for a weekend of fun, friendship, exploring faith and championing your cause. The Big Speak Out starts at 6pm on Friday 24 July and runs through to 2pm on Sunday 26 July at Woodhouse Grove School near […]
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant!
Sunday 1 March is St David’s Day. How much do you know about our patron saint? David was born in Pembrokeshire around 520AD He founded a monastery near his birthplace, now known as St David’s – the smallest city in the UK Due to his modest monk’s diet of bread and water, he was called […]
Beibl 1620
Mae eleni yn bedwar can mlwyddiant cyhoeddi Beibl 1620 sef y Beibl yr ydym i gyd wedi ei ddefnyddio yn gyson dros y canrifoedd. Ar ôl cyhoeddi Beibl William Morgan yn 1588, fe fu i Esgob Richard Parry a Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, ddiwygio’r cyfieithiad. Y Beibl hwnnw nid y Beibl William Morgan gwreiddiol buom […]
Hats for Seafarers
The Synod presented over 100 hats to Revd Mark Lawson-Jones, Mission to Seafarers Chaplain in South Wales. Men and women who work at sea can be affected by any number of problems: money worries, mental health issues and loneliness, as well as piracy, shipwreck and abandonment. Many ports have inadequate facilities and the Mission to […]
Rural Ministries Conference
The next Rural Ministries Regional Conference in Wales is from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 7 March at the Glasdir Conference Centre in Llanwrst. The conference is for anyone with a heart for their community, including clergy, lay leaders and church members. The day costs £20 per person and includes refreshments and a light lunch. To […]
Divesting from fossil fuels
The United Reformed Church’s National Synod of Wales is the first church body in Wales to end investments in fossil fuel companies. The resolution was passed at the Synod meeting in October 2019. It was proposed by members of Beulah URC in Cardiff, a congregation that decided to divest from fossil fuels in June. “This is […]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2020 runs from Saturday 18 to Saturday 25 January. This year, the materials have been prepared by the Christian churches in Malta and Gozo (Christians Together in Malta) with the theme of ‘Unusual Kindness’. You can download free resources from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.