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Brexit signpostJust what happens now after MPs voted 432 to 202, on Tuesday, against Theresa May’s Brexit deal?

MPs gather to debate a no-confidence motion in the government, and Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, has hinted in a Twitter post that the UK should stay within the EU.

Read more: General Assembly moderators pray for reconciliation after government’s Brexit deal defeat

Bible lilian dibbern 684081 unsplashA new film in the United Reformed Church’s Holy Habits series was released today (Wednesday) and focuses on the holy habit of biblical teaching.

In the film, Andrew Roberts, author of Holy Habits, speaks about the variety of ways that biblical teaching can be explored.

Three people, who represent diverse areas and causes important to the URC, highlight some of these ways in the film.

Read more: New film explores biblical teaching through diversity

Margaret Atwood MBEA member of the United Reformed Church (URC) Yorkshire Synod has been named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

Margaret Atkinson, a retired magistrate, will receive an MBE for her involvement both in the justice system, and for her work with the URC.

Margaret, who served as a magistrate for 17 years before retiring in 2017 and began volunteering with the Church in 1972, said the honour came as a ‘complete surprise’.

Read more: URC Yorkshire Synod member to receive MBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

SulawesiMembers of the United Reformed Church (URC) are being asked to consider helping the people of Indonesia, whose lives have been devastated by natural disasters.

Following an earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi on 28 September 2018, and the devastation caused to the Sunda Strait on 22 December 2018, people who have lost everything are in desperate need of water, food, shelter and access to medical care.

Read more: Appeal to help people of Indonesia devastated by earthquake and tsunami

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