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World Day of Prayer at Sawston – Friday 7 March 2025

World Day of Prayer at Sawston – Friday 7 March 2025

Hosted by Sawston Free Church, with participants from all our Sawston churches - everyone welcome Friday 7th March - from 12.30 relaxed craft and snacks, preparing for the Service at 1pm Resourced by women of The Cook Islands, inspired by Psalm 139 - “I made you...

Lent Resource – Ripple Effect

Lent Resource – Ripple Effect

This Lent, will you join Ripple Effect to pray for families living on the frontline of the climate crisis? Would you like to be part of a wave of change in rural Africa? Then please do join the Ripple Effect team for our virtual prayer meeting...

Climate Stewards: Carbon fast for Lent

Climate Stewards: Carbon fast for Lent

We are two weeks away from the start of Lent, when Christians traditionally fast and focus on God in preparation for the celebration of Easter. For the last few years we have run a Carbon Fast over this time, encouraging the Climate Stewards community to renew their...

JPIT Newsletter

JPIT Newsletter

The February newsletter of Joint Public Issues Team JPIT February Newsletter

General Assemblies 2025

The United Reformed Church gathers as General Assembly twice in 2025. 4 – 7 July 2025, The Hayes, Swanwick Extraordinary GA Meeting 14-16 November 2025, Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes As part of this Eastern Synod attends through a group of representatives who express...

Synod Treasurer

Over the last few months all of our attempts to recruit a Synod Treasurer have been unsuccessful. In the circulated job description (please see below) is outlined the ideal but we are now at the stage of spelling out what the minimum requirements are to make an...

Celebrations at The Hive

Celebrations at The Hive

Sunday 9th February 2024 was a morning of joyous celebration at worship for The Hive, Basildon. As they celebrated with Linda Flack in her Confirmation and welcomed her as a new church member and gave thanks with Yvonne Oliphant for her loyal and devoted service as...