Maggie undertakes various administrative tasks, including taking minutes for meetings and updating the synod database. Maggie is also the Lay Preaching Advocate and supports lay preachers throughout the synod.
The United Reformed Church General Assembly was held from Friday 30 June to Monday 3 July at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire. Our Synod had 15 representatives attend along with the other 12 Synods and various Church House officers and ecumenical partners. The General Assembly (GA) is held to discuss and vote on […]
Moderator – National Synod of Wales Full-time, seven-year termed appointment Minister’s stipend General Assembly wishes to appoint a United Reformed Church minister to serve as Moderator of the National Synod of Wales from January 2024. The National Synod of Wales are looking for a new Moderator to play a key role in the Synod Support Team […]
Revd Paul Robinson attended the opening of the chapel room in the Holywell Area Community Museum on Tuesday 4 July. The museum received parts of the interior that were at Hebron Chapel, Mostyn, before its closure. Some of the pews and the pulpit have been incorporated into the chapel room. Both of these elements were […]
The National Synod of Wales is pleased to invite you to a service of thanksgiving and release from duties for the work of Revd Simon Walkling in the role of Moderator of the National Synod of Wales. The service is at St David’s Uniting Church, Pontypridd, and online on Saturday 5 August 2023 at 2pm, with […]
Members from five churches in the East Wales region met for a weekend of fellowship on June 24 and 25. On Saturday 24 June, we all made our way to Bailey Street Uniting Church in Brynmawr. There we heard a short history of the town before heading off for a walk. After an hour we had […]
Templeton URC in Pembrokeshire has a burial ground with a small ancient meadow. They have recently discovered that it has some rare species of plants and waxcap fungi – thanks to a local ecologist. The plants and fungi are rare because they are weak and cannot compete with modern grasses or in cultivated soil. As […]
At Dan-y-Graig LEP Church in Risca, as with many churches since the pandemic, we have not been immune to declining numbers, especially with our young people. Before the pandemic, we had a thriving Sunday School. However, during the pandemic, time did not stand still and our young people grew up, and have busy lives with […]
Eileen Newington, our synod Green Advocate and member of Beulah URC, and Alison McQueen, from City URC, joined over a thousand Christians in London on Friday 21 April to stand in solidarity with communities around the world hardest hit by the climate crisis. Organised by Christian Climate Action (CCA), Tearfund, Christian Aid, CAFOD and others, […]