{"id":14400,"date":"2020-07-14T00:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/?p=14400"},"modified":"2020-07-20T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:07:33","slug":"urc-holds-first-digital-general-assembly-mission-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/urc-holds-first-digital-general-assembly-mission-council\/","title":{"rendered":"URC holds first digital General Assembly &#038; Mission Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"460\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GA2020_news_banner-720x394.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>For the first time in its history, the United Reformed Church (URC) live-streamed its General Assembly \u2013 the URC\u2019s main decision-making body \u2013 on YouTube on 11 July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main business of this Assembly was worship and the inductions of Assembly-appointed officers. Namely, the Revd Dr John Bradbury as URC General Secretary, and the Revd Clare Downing and Peter Pay as Moderators of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event included contributions from ecumenical partners, including Hannah Brock Womack who was prevented from taking up her Fourth Presidency with Churches Together England due to being in a same-sex marriage, and the Revd Dr Barbara Glasson, former President of the Methodist Conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The URC also held a digital version of Mission Council \u2013 the executive body of General Assembly \u2013 on 10 July. Items discussed included: the URC\u2019s safeguarding strategy 2020-2025, pastoral supervision following the outcomes of the Past Case Review Learning Report, and the future of Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today, the URC\u2019s focus of lifelong missional discipleship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A round up of General Assembly can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/urc-news.org.uk\/2JB1-1LZ0S-2VKMB1-1285Y0-1\/c.aspx\">here<\/a>, and a roundup of Mission Council <a href=\"https:\/\/urc-news.org.uk\/2JB1-1LZ0S-2VKMB1-1285Y1-1\/c.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in its history, the United Reformed Church (URC) live-streamed its General Assembly \u2013 the URC\u2019s main decision-making body \u2013 on YouTube on 11 July. The main business of this Assembly was worship and the inductions of Assembly-appointed officers. 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