It was The World Day of Prayer on Friday 6th March and this year it was written by the ladies of Nigeria and many churches around the world took part and hosted services using the material provided. One of them was our own Westfield URC, Wyke and this is what…

Welcome to the latest edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing of 2026. Click either of the links to read what’s happening in and around our Synod and beyond. The News Briefing – Word doc The News Briefing – Pdf doc Cover Image – from Pixabay

Welcome to the latest edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing of 2026. Click either of the links to read what’s happening in and around our Synod and beyond. The News Briefing – Word doc The News Briefing – Pdf doc Cover Image – Puddles – Unsplash by Rupert Britton

Debra Milnes, the Church Secretary at Withernsea URC contacted us recently with a report of what they are doing in their community. Withernsea is a small place right on the edge of Yorkshire Synod and its great to share their news of how a small church can have a big…

Welcome to the latest edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing of 2026. Click either of the links to read what’s happening in and around our Synod and beyond. The News Briefing – Word doc The News Briefing – Pdf doc Cover Image – Pixabay

Welcome to the first edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing of 2026. Click either of the links to read what’s happening in and around our Synod and beyond. The News Briefing – Word doc The News Briefing – Pdf doc Cover Image – Pixabay

On Tuesday 16th December, the Synod Team met up together and took a couple of hours out of their busy schedules for their annual Christmas lunch. The restaurant, Kasa Rosa, is only a short walk away from the office, so very easy to get there (and back) and the food…

One of our SPACE (Spen and Calder Enterprise) churches has had a busy time getting ready for Christmas Celebration this month. Church Secretary, Janet McDonald writes to tell us that “The Hills of Norristhorpe were alive with Christmas music on Saturday 6th December with a great brass band concert provided by…

On 6th December Denholme Shared Church were able to have ‘Breakfast with Santa’. They were able to welcome 40 children to meet with Santa over tea and toast (and a bit of chocolate by the look of things). Over the last weekend and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 13-16 December,…

We have received a great story from Westfield URC, Wyke, where Imogen (here pictured with Leilani), successfully applied for a Discipleship Development Small Grant to enable her to help with the Wyke Churches Together Christmas outreach. With the grant funding, Imogen was able to buy 150 of the URC’s Advent…