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Living Faith – Everyday Faith for Everyday Life

Living Faith is a series of practical and welcoming events from the URC Mersey Synod, exploring how we can live out our Christian faith in everyday life — at home, at work, with family and in our communities.

Our Living Faith mornings explore LICC’s 6Ms of everyday discipleship, with guest speakers, worship, discussion and practical ideas to take into daily life.

Upcoming events:

  • Saturday 26 September 2026 | 10am–12.30pm
    Coffee & worship from 9.30am
    Haresfinch URC, St Helens, WA11 9AT
    Exploring Moulding Culture with Anthony Burns and Making Good Work with a panel of guests.

  • Living Faith for Grandparents – Wednesday 30 September | 7–8.30pm
    Wallasey Village URC, Wallasey, CH45 3LP

  • Living Faith for Grandparents – Thursday 8 October | 7–8.30pm
    Thomas Risley URC, Birchwood, WA3 7PH

The grandparents sessions offer simple, meaningful ways to help the next generation discover faith through seeing your faith, sharing life and speaking life.

Each event stands alone, so you don’t need to have attended before. Everyone is warmly welcome!

Booking: via TicketSource – search URC Mersey Synod.

What’s happening at the URC Mersey Synod

  • Living Faith for Grandparents

    Grandparents have a special opportunity to help shape the faith of the next generation. Living Faith for Grandparents offers simple, practical ideas for sharing faith naturally in everyday life. Led by Steven Mitchell, Children and Youth Development Officer for URC Mersey Synod, the sessions will provide encouragement, conversation and ideas to help grandparents make a lasting difference.

    Dates:
    Wednesday 30th September, 7.00–8.30pm. Wallasey Village URC
    Thursday 8th October & 7.00–8.30pm Thomas Risley URC, Birchwood

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO LIVING FAITH: OUR SYNOD THEME FOR 2025-2027

    As we move our focus from Talking Faith to Living Faith, it’s a good idea for us to consider the direction of travel that we take. As we journey through Living Faith, this should not stop our desire to talk faith, as part of Living Faith is finding ways to ‘invite’ others to the life we have discovered.

  • Called to Care

    Called to Care: a 4 week pastoral care course. The heart of the course is simple: back to basics, building confidence, and equipping people to care well.

    Called to Care aims to empower ordinary Christians to offer extraordinary kindness—rooted in God’s love, strengthened by shared learning, and lived out in the life of the church.

  • URC welcomes UK’s recognition of State of Palestine

    Mersey Synod URC welcomes the UK’s recognition of a Palestinian state as a step towards justice, peace, and the dignity of all people…

Listen to our Podcast
Mersey Synod - In Conversation With…

Revd Geoff Felton…
introduces the Synod 2025-2027 theme of Living Faith