Ministers’ Gathering
The Ministers鈥� Gathering of the URC takes place every four years for Ministers and Church Related Community Workers to find refreshment, encouragement, affirmation and appreciation through keynote addresses, workshops and space for conversation and reflection.
Here you can download resources, watch videos and read updates from the 2022 event.
Resources
In the closing session of the Ministers鈥� Gathering, General Secretary John Bradbury shared some reflections about what had been explored at the event:聽
- Life in the Spirit (Word | 15kb)
The Revd Najla Kassab, President of the 精品午夜福利国产 Communion of Reformed Churches, spoke at the Ministers鈥� Gathering. Here are resources from her talks:聽
- Jubilee is a time of celebrating Hospitality (PPT | 108kb)
- Jubilee is a time of celebrating Hospitality (Word | 22kb)
- Jubilee is a time of celebrating life in the Spirit (PPT | 5mb)
- Jubilee is a time of celebrating life in the Spirit (Word | 27kb)
- 精品午夜福利国产 Communion of Reformed Churches logo (JPG | 2kb)
- Download logos for the URC 50th anniversary
- Hymn: The earth is yours, O Lord our God (Word | 24kb) – a hymn incorporating themes and phrases from sessions delivered at URC Ministers’ Gathering 2022 by Najla Kassab, P谩draig 脫 Tuama, and Dr Meg Warner. Written by Dominic Grant. Suggested tune: “How can I keep from singing”
Workshop presentations
- Who do you think you are? (PPT | 118kb) – by the Revd David Cornick
- Who do you think you are? (Word | 42kb) – by the Revd David Cornick
- Handling an inheritance (PPT | 107kb) –聽by the Revd David Cornick
- Handling an inheritance (Word | 40kb) –聽by the Revd David Cornick
- Rewilding the church (PPT | 17mb) – by Steve Aisthorpe
- Using our church building for change (PDF | 765kb) – by Sarah Rogers and Jo Beacroft-Mitchell
- Using our church building for change – business model canvas (Word | 20kb) – by Sarah Rogers and Jo Beacroft-Mitchell
Bible studies by Dr Meg Warner
- Bible study 1: Aliens and tenants (Word | 15kb)
- Bible study 2: Spirit, Word and slavery (Word | 16kb)
- Bible study 3: 鈥淏ut if there鈥檚 a murder 鈥︹�� (Word | 15kb)
Music
Where possible we have listed links to the daily music played at the Ministers’ Gathering.
Monday
- – Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin
- – Joel Payne
- – Swee Hong Lim
- – Bernadette Farrell
- – Marty Haugen
- – Grayson Warren Brown
- – James E Moore Jr
Tuesday
- – Sam Hargreaves
- – South Africa
- – sung to Rowan Tree
- – Shirley Erena Murray/Colin Gibson
Wednesday
- – traditional
- – Adam ML Tice
- – John L Bell
- – Chris Tomlin
Thursday
- – Taiz茅
- – Joel Payne, Matt Weeks
- – Daniel Iverson
- – Doris Akers
Updates from the event
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Ministers鈥� show Bishop support with signed Ukraine Reform poster聽Ministers have ensured that their support for Ukraine was conveyed loudly and clearly last week when聽hundreds of ministers and Church Related Community Workers (CRCWs) signed the back of a poster version of the cover of Reform鈥檚 April edition
- Ministers Gathering 2022: A time of celebrating hospitality The Revd Najla Kassab, President of the 精品午夜福利国产 Communion of Reformed Churches, spoke at the United Reformed Church (URC) Ministers鈥� Gathering on Tuesday and Wednesday
- Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: Before the jubilee P谩draig 脫 Tuama鈥檚 first address to the United Reformed Church鈥檚 Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022 was a reflection on the temptations of Jesus as retold in the Gospel of Luke.
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Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: Who is the United Reformed Church? The Revd David Cornick, former Principal of Westminster College Cambridge, and former General Secretary of both the United Reformed Church (URC) and Churches Together in England, led a workshop at the Ministers鈥� Gathering which explored the history of URC.
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Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: The URC at 50 The Revd Dr John Bradbury, the United Reformed Church (URC) General Secretary, spoke to the URC鈥檚 Ministers鈥� Gathering on Monday afternoon, in a talk entitled: 鈥楾he URC at 50: Maturing nicely or mid-life crisis?鈥�
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Hundreds attend Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022 Two hundred and fifty of the United Reformed Church Ministers and Church Related Community Workers from the denomination鈥檚 13 synods, are spending four days being refreshed and encouraged at the 2022 Ministers鈥� Gathering.