The United Reformed Church

The story of St Arbucks St Arbucks Seeks to enhance the community, support local and global business and be the best coffee and cake shop you've tried today! Trinity United Church sold its building, worshiped in a new community hall and bought a corner shop in the centre of the village with the vision of opening a coffee shop that functions as a &l...

Cafe Alive at Grange URC from TheWindermereCentre Café Alive Ecumenical Community Café in Church sanctuary. Story. Being in an ideal situation, close to primary school, Pre-School, doctors surgery and secondary school and having a very good working relationship with the other 2 churches on our estate, we decided to open an ecumenical ...

Our Tribe (Augustine United Church) Our Tribe The LGBTQI Welcoming and Affirming Ministry at Augustine United Church Story Augustine United Church merged with the Metropolitan Community Church Edinburgh in 2010 and as part of that Our Tribe was set up. Our Tribe seeks to live out God’s unconditional love for all through our values of inclusio...

Crossway: the Church in Regeneration The Church in Regeneration: Mission below the tipping point Story This is the story of an urban church in the middle of regeneration and redevelopment, seeking to be involved in mission but with a small membership and worshipping community. Crossway is having to relocate after the local council issued a compulso...

Pop-up Church in the Market Square The Free Church, St Ives Notes: PRACTICAL Where did the idea come from? How did it start? The idea of having a Christian presence in our market square on market day arose after the Anglican Bishop came to St Ives and went around talking to people in the market square. There were so many people who wanted to chat t...

Everyday Church: transforming the ordinary (Stainbeck) EVERYDAY CHURCH: transforming the ordinary Opening up the church as a safe place in the community where needs can be met and where God’s love in Jesus can be found. The Story: Stainbeck United Reformed Church, Leeds was built in 1931 and is set in the middle of estates which are diverse b...