URC:Spirituality are pleased to be publicising its upcoming online week of events: “Praying With Those Who Wait”. This week of free sessions will look at the, perhaps, more unheard areas of Christ’s Advent. This will take place in 3 sessions each day, from Tuesday 22nd-Saturday 26th November 2022. Each session is independent so feel free […]
The Church at Carrs Lane welcomed Rev Sue Shortman to the ministerial team at her first service, led jointly with the other ministers, on Sunday 4 September 2022. Sue is a Methodist minister in the Birmingham Methodist Circuit. She worked in city churches in London before she moved to Birmingham, where she previously had pastoral […]
The URC’s 50th anniversary celebrations take place in London on 1 October and we are hoping that people will be excited by the opportunity to take part on this historic day. The role of steward at the Worship Service will involve arriving at the venue on the day in time for a briefing and run through from […]
The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest call for action on climate change and nature, showing decision-makers that people from all walks of life are stepping up to take action – and that we need them to step up too. Last year over 5000 events took place, with more than 200,000 people showing […]
The launch STREET BANQUET (The popular name of the Street Ecclesial Community) Come and have a burger with us to celebrate the development of a Church on the Margins project in Birmingham city centre Sunday, 11th September 2022 (4pm – 6pm) The Church at Carrs Lane B4 7SX RSVP: neil@streetbanquet.org.uk
As you may be aware Traidcraft’s Great Taste Award Winning Tea is packaged locally at Ringtons, a family run business for over a century. The tea bags contain a very small amount of plastic to seal them. Ringtons were not content with this and, since August 2019, they have been testing a new environmentally conscious […]
A Business Digest has been created of the General Assembly that took place from 8-11 July 2022 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick. The digest available here, as both word and PDF: https://urc.org.uk/general-assembly-assembly-executive-assembly-committees/general-assembly/general-assembly-papers/ The Record of Assembly will be going on the website shortly for further information.
The Newbigin Pioneering Hub. Do you see… New possibilities? A way where there is no way? Ideas for mission in your community that just might work? A new community of disciples where there is none? How your local community can flourish in God’s love and shalom, but know this can’t happen alone? If you can […]
We support Traidcraft Exchange which is the Charity arm of Traidcraft PLC. We’re collecting jewellery, coins & currency, stamps, mobile phones. Please bring items in a clear plastic bag so we can avoid opening them at church. We have to check them before we post as some items are not acceptable. Thank you! Please place […]
Revd Diana Cullum-Hall walked through the month of May in order to raise funds for Christian Aid Week 2022. She achieved a grand total of 352,260 steps, which is 145 miles! On 21 May she was joined in Sutton Park by Jill, Andrew, Pat and Jenny. Well done, Diana! The church raised a total of […]