I normally use my page in the July issue of Praxis to tell you what happened at our June Synod Ministers’ Summer School – but this year something different has happened. Instead of each Synod arranging its own spring or summer school for its own ministers, we pooled resources and held a gathering at the […]
Read MoreOn a sunny Saturday in April three of Horeb’s Elders plus myself attended a day for the URC in North Wales looking at future ministry and leadership across the region. At present the 14 URCs that make up the North Wales region are well served by ordained ministry in various guises. However, as the number […]
Read MoreIt will not have escaped your notice that Easter Day falls on 1st April this year – April Fools Day. One media outlet is reporting that, because of the clash of dates, the Pope has decreed April Fools Day to be cancelled for 2018. Instead there will be two April Fools Days in 2019 – […]
Read MoreOn Ash Wednesday this year I went to a service in Holywell which included the ‘imposition of ashes’. This is where the priest or minister makes the sign of the cross on ones forehead with the words ‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return’. It is a stark reminder of our […]
Read MoreWe have spoken a few times recently about the URC’s focus on discipleship called Walking the Way: Living the life of Jesus today. In introducing this we have watched a couple of the films and given out the publicity leaflet which explains what Walking the Way is trying to encourage. In a nutshell this might […]
Read MoreAs we stand on the threshold of another New Year our minds naturally turn to what the future might hold. There is something about the beginning of January that leads to an almost romanticised vision of the year ahead. It’s a chance, for some, to wipe the slate clean and start again, letting bygones be […]
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