Reform’s giving guide

28/11/2022 | Reform

All of us at Reform hope you will experience much goodness and joy in your Christmas celebrations this year. But you, like us, will be acutely aware of the difficulties so many are facing as financial and worldwide pressures impact … Read More

Supervision is a freedom

28/11/2022 | Reform

Lucy Berry celebrates the United Reformed Church’s new supervision for every minister

In July 2020 the United Reformed Church made a decision that would send ripples through the whole denomination. It stated that all active URC ministers would be expected … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 2:8-20

28/11/2022 | Reform

Matt Stone unwraps the joy of Christmas

I want to focus on one word: the word ‘joy’, for joy is a theme that runs through the Christmas story. Zechariah is told that he and his wife Elizabeth will have a … Read More

All are welcome? Poverty

28/11/2022 | Reform 1

I can’t afford the church collection

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this column I am speaking to a range of people from around the United Reformed Church about their experiences of church and what welcome … Read More

Here & now: Diana Paulding

28/11/2022 | Reform

Diana Paulding on standing in solidarity in South Africa

I had the privilege in October 2022 of visiting South Africa with Christian Aid, supported by Commitment for Life. Christian Aid no longer runs a country programme in South Africa. Our … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I weep when I wake early in the morning’

28/11/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey bids farewell to her husband Kees

Kees died on 19 October, and it was a good death, even a wonderful death. I sat with him one evening with my coffee and a good book. He seemed, as usual, … Read More