Everyone is welcome to share our next ‘Synod Sunday’ on Sunday 29 May as a way of connecting together across the wider church. Service resources will be added below – please email office.urcwales@urc.org.uk for further details. When there is a fifth Sunday in the month, different congregations or pastorates will provide recorded worship and you […]
Read MoreCreating Advent Resources
Are you aged 5 to 11? Are you a young family with big ideas? Would you like to be involved in designing a new resource for the URC? We want to create something this year based on what you need and would find useful in celebrating Advent and telling others about Jesus. You’re invited to […]
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Big Day Out 2022
Churches Count on Nature
Churches Count on Nature will run for a second year during Love Your Burial Ground week, from June 4 to 12. During this citizen science event people will be welcomed to churchyards and encouraged to record what animals and plants they see. The data will then be collated on the biological records hub – the National […]
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Being Church in the New Landscape
Westminster in Wales Workshops Join staff from Westminster College for a workshop exploring church life and expanding on the theme of our Big Day Out gathering ‘The URC at 50: Celebrating the Whole People of God’. Come together with others from across the synod to look at ways to renew your church and inspire our […]
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Lay Worship Ministry: New Pathways
The URC has developed two new pathways into lay worship ministry. Lay Preachers are now Assembly Accredited (AALPs) and Worship Leaders are now recognised locally by their Synod (LRWLs). Click here for a useful summary. The pathways offer opportunities to explore a sense of call and to exercise and develop ministry, whilst recognising the overriding duty […]
Read MoreJob Opportunities
Please see below details of vacancies connected to our churches in the Synod: Community Centre Manager & AdministratorStow Park Community Centre, Newport Stow Park Community Centre is seeking a hard-working, honest, dependable, self-motivated person with a friendly attitude towards others and a good telephone manner, to act as Stow Park Community Centre Manager and Administrator […]
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March eNewsletter
A Hidden Gem in the Heart of Rhiwbina
Beulah URC in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, has applied for the renewal of the Green Flag Award from Keep Wales Tidy for its community garden, after its first award in 2020. The small community garden is cared for by members of Beulah URC and is open daily to members of the public. It nestles behind Canolfan Beulah […]
Read MoreSafer for All
In 2022 safeguarding training offered by the Synod is being refreshed and updated. Our goal is that safeguarding training will: equip you to create a church culture that is safer for all inform you about safeguarding issues relevant to your context alert you to statutory safeguarding requirements enable you to respond appropriately This month, we […]
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