An ecumenical open air Palm Service & Procession stars at 10:00 from Tesco, Centre Court on Sunday.  Come along!

Following the success of the Northern and North Western Synods’ Advent and Lenten devotions, a new set of daily devotions has been written by people from across the URC, which will run from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.

The devotions follow the daily lectionary.  Each contributor was asked to choose one of the four set for each day and to write a short reflection on it.

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Hurry!  There are just a few weeks to get the very best deal on tickets to this year’s Greenbelt festival.

Greenbelt, held from 26 to 29 August this year, is a significant place of faith for many in the URC, and this year the denomination has become an associate partner of the festival for the first time. Best value tickets are available from the Box office until 31 March.

The URC is planning a series of inspiring and challenging contributions to Greenbelt’s creative collision of faith, arts and justice.

Whether you are a regular, an occasional Greenbelter or have yet to experience the UK’s most dynamic Christian arts festival, now is the time to book.

Read our Church without walls post on the Greenbelt blog.

Mr Alan Yates and the Revd Kevin Watson, the moderators-elect of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, have announced that the theme for 2016 Assembly, and their two years in office, will be ‘People of the Way’.

The theme arose from two complementary convictions: the need to return to the fundamental teaching of Christ, and a desire for the church to be more open to all of God’s people.

The moderators-elect are calling for the two years that starts with General Assembly in July 2016 to be a time of renewed focus on the fundamentals of the Christian life; the People of the Way theme is intended to provide an opportunity for United Reformed churches across the three nations to return to the basics of their identity and life in Christ.

Mr Watson said: ‘We have a real need to celebrate being the people of God, and to celebrate being the United Reformed Church. Assembly will be a celebration of God’s grace, of what he has given us and what is embodied in God’s people.  We want the denomination to get excited about God again!  To return to the root of their faith – the love of Jesus as shown on the cross.’

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That’s why the moderators-elect are asking every congregation in the URC to participate in an Assembly display reflecting the breadth of church life across the denomination.