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Helen Everard 2021 03 16 093147Day two of the spring meeting of Mission Council was held digitally on 16 March. 

Opening prayer and Bible study
The Revd Helen Everard, chaplain to the Moderators of General Assembly, led worship on the second morning of Mission Council. Rosie Martin, a member of the URC Equalities Committee, read from the story of the woman at the well in John chapter 4, and the Revd Samantha Sheehan, a special category minister working as a university chaplain in the Yorkshire Synod, offered a reflection on the passage.

Read more: Mission Council day two round-up: 16 March 2021

voting cardThe spring meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Mission Council is taking place digitally from today (Monday) until Wednesday.

Mission Council is the executive body of the General Assembly and meets twice a year to reflect on and make decisions about the day-to-day life of the Church. 

Topics on the agenda include new ways to access funding for lay discipleship development, new pathways for people to prepare to become worship leaders and accredited lay preachers, and the pension fund deficit.

The news pagesFacebook page and Twitter account will include updates on the main decisions made throughout the meeting with a daily report being posted after the close of business each day.

Mission Council papers can be viewed and downloaded here.

 

Published: 12 March 2021

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