Fantastic Opportunity for 2 Young People/Young Adults

As you will know, The North Western Synod has links with the Presbyterian Church In Taiwan Chai-Yi Presbytery  (through the ‘Belonging to the World Church programme) and the Moderator, along with other members of the Synod have visited, and been visited, by members of our partner church. The Chai-Yi Presbytery has a great involvement in [...]

Finding Funding

“The harvest is plentiful; but the workers are few” (Matthew 9:37) So said Jesus to his disciples – the Gospel writers failed to record his next sentence: “and, even if you’re lucky enough to get the workers, the money to pay them is even harder to get hold of.” Finding funding for church projects has [...]

Young People and Membership

The challenge of membership is one that should be made to all those who have decided that a United Reformed Church is the most appropriate place for them to worship God on a regular basis. Talking with young people, I sometimes find that they have been encouraged to consider membership from an early age whilst, [...]

Radical Welcome – Companion Training

 New training opportunity 28th or 29th March. West Midlands Synod Office, Moat Lane, Yardley, Birmingham B26 1TW ‘Jesus didn’t turn anyone away – and neither do we’ is the strong message of the URC advertising campaign that will run this year, proclaiming that our churches are extremely – in fact, radically – welcoming, and that we [...]

Lay Presidency at the Sacraments

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES A training session has been arranged for Sunday 25th March 2012 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. at Kirkham United Reformed Church, Poulton Street, Kirkham PR4 2AH. Facilitator Revd. Hilary Collinson. Light refreshments will be provided. This training will consider many aspects of Holy Communion and Baptism, it is a requirement that everyone who is newly [...]

“All are Welcome”

“All are Welcome” Lay Preachers’ and Worship Leaders’ Conference 2012 Tuesday 29 – Wed 30 May at Luther King House, Manchester We all like to think that our churches are friendly and welcoming!  But how is that expressed in our worship and preaching?  For some, inclusivity is a sop to political correctness; for others, it’s [...]

Mosaic Training Conference for Children/Youth Workers

PLEASE NOTE: due to the small number of advanced bookings the organising group (including the Synod CYDO, Leo Roberts) today took the decision to cancel this year’s conference, due to be held next Saturday. MANYOG apologises to those who had booked, and to anyone who was planning on turning up on the day but we [...]

Thinking ahead about … Advent and Christmas

These resources come as a gift from our wise friends in the Eastern Synod, who held a series of events looking at the way different local churches celebrate Advent and Christmas. Feel free to use and adapt any of the material and ideas here if you didn’t have a chance to think quite so far ahead. [...]

“Big Day Out” Survey

We would like to gather feedback as to why people did, or did not, attend the Big Day Out in Morecambe on July 9th. We would be very grateful if you would click on the link at the bottom of this post and answer a few short If you have further comments, please email admin@nwsynod.org.uk [...]