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News Briefing No. 173 – 30th April 2026

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 by Yeşilelma...

2026 Synod Forums Coming Soon!

This is a reminder that the first of three Synod Forums for 2026 is coming up very soon on: Saturday 9th May at Pudsey United Reformed Church, LS28 8PN. followed by: Saturday 30th May at Portholme Local Ecumenical Partnership, Selby, YO8 4QH. The Forums are...

News Briefing No. 172 – 16th April 2026

Easter Weekend with Churches Together in Wyke

Members of Westfield URC, along with Churches Together in Wyke had a great weekend of celebrating the Good News of Easter, reaching out into their community. Firstly, Churches Together joined in for a Good Friday walk of witness and outside service. They also...

Easter Edition – News Briefing No. 171 – 2nd April 2026

Welcome to the Easter 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 by geralt

The Moderator’s Easter Message

Dear friends, I send you my greetings as we immerse ourselves in the many and various services and activities of this Holy Week and Easter. As we journey together through this season - against a background of war - we are reminded that the risen Christ comes among us...

Yorkshire Synod’s BIG DAY OUT

All are welcome to our BIG DAY OUT at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Saturday 16th May from 10.30am onwards. There will be a wide choice of activities to suit all ages including: Games, Crafts, Praise in the Park, Prayer Walks, Bible Study, a lunchtime performance of...

URC Yorkshire Communications Survey

An area where Synod would love to hear from you is how Synod communicates with you. Communication is always a two-way process and to find out more as to how you would like to hear from Synod, and perhaps how you would like to be able to contact Synod, Daniel Raddings...

Elders Conference – ‘Resilience’

Mar 15, 2023 | Latest News

....do you sometimes wonder how to cope with yet more change, new ideas, new technology and a changing social context. Our Annual Elders Conference to be held on 22nd April 2023 at Bilton Grange (and online), will give us all some time to think about some techniques...

Funerals Training for Elders

Mar 15, 2023 | Latest News

Saturday 3rd June 2023 - 10am-12.30pm Ravensthorpe with Hopton URC, Dewsbury Increasingly Elders are being asked to conduct funerals and requests have been made to repeat the session that ran a little while ago to help in that task. The session will be led by Rev...

News Briefing No. 103 – 9th March 2023

Mar 9, 2023 | Good News Stories, Latest News

Here is the latest edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing - number 103. Word document pdf document Just a reminder that all of the information in the briefing is being distributed by our weekly mailing. Scroll down to the bottom of any of our website pages to...

Safeguarding Training courses

Mar 8, 2023 | Good News Stories, Latest News, Safeguarding

Some new Safeguarding Training sessions are being rolled out over the coming weeks/months. For details see this link: https://urcyorkshire.org.uk/safeguarding/ If you have any queries or for booking, please email Paula Kitson, Synod Safeguarding Support Officer at...

Yorkshire URCs joining in World Day of Prayer

Feb 24, 2023 | Christian Comment, Good News Stories, Latest News, Mission News, Worship

This year’s World Day of Prayer (WDP) has a theme of ‘I have heard about your faith’ and the programme has been written by WDP Taiwan. World Day of Prayer is an international ecumenical organisation promoting prayerful living and worship for men, women and young...

News Briefing No. 102 – 23rd February 2023

Feb 23, 2023 | Good News Stories, Latest News

Here is the 102nd edition of the Yorkshire Synod news briefing. Word document pdf document Just a reminder that all of the information in the briefing is being distributed by our weekly mailing. Scroll down to the bottom of any of our website pages to sign up! Don't...