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The URC National Synod of Wales has been accredited as a Living Wage employer.
From January 2016 all employees of United Reformed Church (Wales) Trust are guaranteed to be paid the Living Wage, £8.25, rather than the Minimum Wage currently of £6.70 for those aged 20 or over.
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 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 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.’
Students, staff and friends of Westminster College, Cambridge, gathered in the chapel on 13 February to rededicate the newly-restored chapel organ.
The service of rededication was led by the college Principal, the Revd Neil Thorogood, and the convenor of Westminster College Board of Governors, Revd Nigel Uden. The preacher was the Revd Ray Adamswho began by speaking of his formative years during which being an organist had been particularly influential.
Welcome to our faith in action pages, where we hope you will be able to make the links between what we believe and what we do. We are a Church committed to loving and serving Jesus Christ and, for many in the United Reformed Church that involves faithful, active, people living the Gospel and serving others in a wide and rich variety of ways. Actions really do speak louder than words.
