Each Sunday during morning worship we pause to light our peace candle and pray for Ukraine. Our peace candle burns beside the cross which we have draped with the colours of the Ukraine flag to remember all those who have died. Holy One. Prince of Peace, Abiding Spirit, our hearts ache for Ukraine and her […]
The United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly affirmed the URC’s commitment to morally responsible investment policies with regards to Israel and Palestine, stating: “After years of research, discernment, prayer, visits, and collaboration with national and international partners, the United Reformed Church has also given its public commitment on investment policies which screen out international companies that […]
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22 January 2021 marked the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the first international treaty to comprehensively ban nuclear weapons. We congratulate, celebrate and appreciate the countries that have ratified and signed the Treaty, as well as all who have worked for nuclear disarmament and abolition for many […]
The World Watch List highlights the persecution of Christians worldwide. Persecution continues to rise. Christians killed for their faith has risen by 60% to 4,761. Christians have suffered discrimination over access to Covid-19 relief. 74 countries — one more than last year – showed extreme, very high or high levels of persecution, affecting at least […]
Andover URC, through Global Care, has sponsored Agape, a young girl in Uganda, for several years. We are invited to pray for the work and mission of Global Care using the Prayer Calendar below on this page. Global Care… Fighting child poverty for 37 years through Child Sponsorship, special projects and caring for children at […]
COVID-19 has brought huge changes to all our lives, but inequalities mean that some people have been hit even harder than others. The world on the other side of the lockdown will be different. If we stay alert to justice we can make the right choices about how to move on. People from across the […]
Prayer concerns from the Council for World Mission (CWM) CWM highlights the Corvid 19 epidemic that affects all its member churches. Often this is against a background of inequality, lack of health care, social deprivation and overwhelming loss. Please hold our partner churches and agencies in prayer. There is particular concern about: the measles epidemic […]
Revd Colin and Anne Marsh have shared with us about their extensive involvement in the URC-Waldensian Global Link. Read on to learn more about the Waldensian Church in Italy and the URC Fellowship that connects us. If you are considering future travel to Italy, this link may prove extremely beneficial. The Waldensian Church – 1175 […]
The URC Justice Ministries invite us as individuals and a congregation, to stay informed of the current situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and Israel. Rev Dr Munther Isaac, a Lutheran minister in Bethlehem and author of “The Arab Church”, speaking at a recent zoom-workshop of the realities of life as a Palestinian Christian today, […]
