Does your church have a website? Perhaps it doesn’t, and you’re not sure where to start. Perhaps it does, but it’s in need of a refresh. Whatever your website needs, iChurch can help. iChurch is part of the URC Communications Department in Church House, London, and it offers a bespoke website service for churches. Take […]
Abergavenny URC participated in the popular Abergavenny Food Festival on September 18. The church decided to highlight climate change, and shared details of how aid agencies are responding and what actions we can take. The church displayed information from the Fairtrade Foundation and Christian Aid, and hosted stalls selling Fairtrade items and handmade spoons. Visitors […]
Our Autumn Synod Meeting takes place on Saturday 16 October at the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. The Meeting will begin with refreshments at 10.15am and end no later than 4pm. The Synod papers can be accessed here. All those attending in person are requested to observe good practice regarding Covid safety such as frequent […]
The National Synod of Wales is aiming to become an Eco Synod, which requires our churches to become Eco Churches. The process calls on us, as individuals and as the church, to reflect on the way we live our lives and how we impact the world around us. Our Synod Mission and Discipleship Board have […]
Beulah URC in Rhiwbina, Cardiff has recently achieved an Eco Church Silver Award. We participated in the project, which is run by A Rocha UK, by completing the comprehensive online survey which assessed our success in caring for God’s earth. Beulah’s Eco Group had responsibility for submitting the application but the responses reflect the ethos […]
Megan Price, Moderator’s PA & Office Manager Megan comes to the URC after 20 years of working in the arts, for 13 years at Chapter Arts Centre and latterly as a freelance consultant to a range of organisations from National Theatre Wales and Wales Millennium Centre, to small companies and individual artists. She has worked […]
The ‘Garden Through Time’ at Pembroke United Reformed Church was officially opened on Sunday 5 September by Pembroke’s Mayor, Cllr. Linda Asman and Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Jonathan Nutting. The official opening was preceded by a service led by Revd Stella Hayton with 53 guests including funders, project partners and volunteers. The project was undertaken by […]
The Synod’s oldest chapel has gone digital! The treasurer of Maesyronnen URC in Glasbury-on-Wye, Mike Ricketts Hein, created a 3D digital drawing of the chapel in readiness for its 325th anniversary in 2022. To access the drawing, simply download the PDF to your computer and open it using the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader (if you […]
The churches of the Brecon Beacons Pastorate have been making use of their new website. Each edition of the pastorate newsletter The Link / Y Dolen now appears there and a training session was held in July to show how easy it was to add details of services and other events to the Calendar and […]