The United Reformed Church’s theme of ‘More than Welcome’ at Greenbelt this summer was based on the question posed in Luke 14, 15-24: “Who is missing from the banquet?” Hundreds of adults and children responded in various innovative ways to this challenging question. The following summary points give a flavour of the weekend: 80 churches […]
A huge thank you to all who contributed to last year’s fundraising for Commitment for Life. The coins in the bucket pictured here totalled £80, showing visually how every single coin, no matter how small, can add up quickly. Just as every single drop of water on its own is very small, but combined with […]
Prayer Partners 2014 To pray is to seek to enter, in heart, imagination and mind, the situations of all our brothers and sisters across the world whom we have not met, and to place ourselves alongside them. May – El Salvador We pray for Christian Aid partner Acudesbal, working with local communities to set up […]
Prayer Partners 2014 To pray is to seek to enter, in heart, imagination and mind, the situations of all our brothers and sisters across the world whom we have not met, and to place ourselves alongside them. April – Our Intern and his work We pray for strength, understanding and passion for this year’s Commitment […]
Could you be a volunteer Intern? Commitment for Life and the Christian Aid Collective are advertising a 10-month volunteer internship, bearing a special responsibility to engage members of the Fellowship of United Reformed Youth (FURY) in Christian Aid’s campaign work. It includes a two-week trip abroad to witness the work of Christian Aid partners and […]
I am grateful for the gift of your time in praying for the Lord’s will in the work of Commitment for Life: Ecumenical World Development Conference, scheduled for 7-9 February 2014 – for the speakers, those involved in the logistics of putting on the conference, and all those attending. For the experienced to be granted […]
Extracted from Commitment for Life website, http://www.urc.org.uk/mission/commitment-for-life.html: Prayer Partners 2014 To pray is to seek to enter, in heart, imagination and mind, the situations of all our brothers and sisters across the world whom we have not met, and to place ourselves alongside them. January – Bangladesh We pray for the work of Christian Aid’s […]
A message from Commitment for Life Coordinator, Linda Mead: This year we are celebrating 20 years of Commitment for Life. That’s 20 years of being part of an inspiring movement for change. During that time countless developments and improvements have taken place. This support has enabled so many people and communities to help themselves out […]
Pilots challenged people who came to our church garden party to fill in their ‘Zimbabwe’ sign with 10p coins and to guess how much money it would take to complete it. The correct answer was £23.60, and this sum was donated to our Commitment for Life partner, Zimbabwe.
