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Synod Day 2013
On Saturday 8th June over 250 people, young and old, from all parts of Wales enjoyed a day of inspiration, friendship, worship and workshops at the Synod Day held in the Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd.
The guest speaker was the Rev Michael Jagessar, one of the URC's Assembly Moderators. He challenged us to think differently about our life together as God's people, giving thanks for the richness of God's abundant grace and encouraging us to follow the example of Jesus as we share what we have with the world.
The slides from Michael's presentation can be found below - and you can read more about the day on Michael's Moderator's blog here
Church Related Community Work takes to the road - in Mold
The next Church Related Community Work roadshow will take place at Parkfields Community Centre in Mold on Saturday 15th June, 11am - 4pm. Anyone is invited to go along and discover how CRCW projects are making a positive impact upon local communities.
For further information and details on how to book please click on the poster above or download the flyer from the link below.
Gift Aid Guidance
Please find the link to the HMRC publication offering guidance regarding Gift Aid claims.
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The A-Z of M&M!
Please find available for download below the PowerPoint presentation with accompanying notes delivered by Andy Buxton at the November 2012 meeting of Synod which seeks to explain, in simple terms, the URC's Ministry and Mission Fund.
Radical plans could see a united church in Wales – if churches are bold enough!
How bold are the churches of Wales? Are they bold enough to work more closely together? Are they bold enough to go forward with a radical plan that could lead to a united church in Wales? Those were the challenging questions put to a major conference of the five covenanting churches in Wales.
Far-reaching recommendations for a Church Uniting in Wales, with nine bishops and an inter-change of ordained ministers, were launched at The Gathering, in Aberystwyth, when representatives of the five churches came together in the largest ecumenical meeting held in Wales in recent times.
Bold and imaginative thinking was highlighted in the brief given to the Commission of Covenanting Churches in Wales, the Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams, chair, told the meeting. How the Commission had responded to the challenge could be seen in its reports. But, he asked, were the churches, in turn, going to be bold enough to take it forward?
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